Case Report

The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association 2010; 17(4): 412-416

Published online December 30, 2010

© Korean College of Rheumatology

류마티스관절염과 전신경화증에 동반된 칼슘피로인산 결정침착 질환 1예

정재식ㆍ김태욱ㆍ정민정ㆍ임준영ㆍ박미란ㆍ이충원

침례병원 내과

A Case of CPPD Crystal Deposition Disease in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Sclerosis

Jae Shik Jeong, Tae Wook Kim, Min Jeong Jeong, Jun Young Im, Mi Ran Park, Choong Won Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea

Correspondence to : Choong Won Lee

Abstract

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease is an inflammatory arthropathy that is defined by the deposition of CPPD crystals in articular and periarticular structures. CPPD crystal deposition disease has various clinical manifestation patterns ranging from an absence of symptoms to a severely destructive arthropathy. CPPD crystal deposition disease very rare with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic sclerosis. We report a case of CPPD crystal deposition disease combined in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis.

Keywords Rheumatoid arthritis, Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease

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Case Report

The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association 2010; 17(4): 412-416

Published online December 30, 2010

Copyright © Korean College of Rheumatology.

류마티스관절염과 전신경화증에 동반된 칼슘피로인산 결정침착 질환 1예

정재식ㆍ김태욱ㆍ정민정ㆍ임준영ㆍ박미란ㆍ이충원

침례병원 내과

A Case of CPPD Crystal Deposition Disease in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Sclerosis

Jae Shik Jeong, Tae Wook Kim, Min Jeong Jeong, Jun Young Im, Mi Ran Park, Choong Won Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea

Correspondence to:Choong Won Lee

Abstract

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease is an inflammatory arthropathy that is defined by the deposition of CPPD crystals in articular and periarticular structures. CPPD crystal deposition disease has various clinical manifestation patterns ranging from an absence of symptoms to a severely destructive arthropathy. CPPD crystal deposition disease very rare with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic sclerosis. We report a case of CPPD crystal deposition disease combined in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis.

Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease

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