Pseudogout is clinically similar to gout with respect to symptoms. However, the types of crystals that form in the joints in pseudogout are different from those seen in gout.

Pseudogout is a term used to refer to calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD). It results from calcium pyrophosphate crystals forming and building up in the joints and nearby tissues ...

In both pseudogout and gout, the accumulation of crystals within a joint produces an acute inflammation and arthritis. The two disorders, however, differ in a […] Skip to content ...

As the name suggests, pseudogout can cause symptoms similar to those of gout. Gout is caused when another type of crystal, uric acid, accumulates in a joint. Gout commonly affects just a single ...

Pseudogout earned its name by having symptoms so similar to true gout that it was often mistaken for it. In gout, uric acid crystals penetrate joints and cause them to throb and swell.

Long-term untreated gout can cause crystal deposits known as tophi, which form hard lumps around affected joints. Tophi can deform joints and cause lasting damage to bones and tissues. Diagnosis ...

Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that causes severe pain and swelling in one or more of your joints. ... White blood cells engulf the crystals, causing inflammation, pain, and redness.

The specimen obtained from the patient with gout (C.F.) during an acute attack of joint pain, showed many intracellular and extracellular, strongly birefringent, needle-shaped crystals ...

The researchers matched 1,148 patients with at least one episode of acute CPP crystal arthritis from 1991 to 2017 with 3,730 comparators without pseudogout, based on index date and year of EHR entry.