- articular c. [MIM*118600] a disease characterized by deposits of calcium pyrophosphate crystals free of urate in synovial fluid, articular cartilage, and adjacent soft tissue; causes various forms of arthritis commonly characterized by goutlike attacks of pain, swelling of joints, and radiologic evidence of calcification in articular cartilage (pseudogout); inherited as an autosomal dominant trait in some cases, and associated with certain diseases in others.
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the presence of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in joint cartilage, usually demonstrated radiologically or crystographically. It is seen in pseudogout.
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chon·dro·cal·ci·no·sis (kon″dro-kal″sĭ-noґsis) [chondro- + calcinosis] the presence of calcium salts, especially calcium pyrophosphate, in the cartilaginous structures of one or more joints. Cf. calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.Medical dictionary. 2011.