PSEUDOGOUT

(PYROPHOSPHATE ARTHROPATHY)

CHONDROCALCINOSIS on X-ray

endocrine:

1� or 3� hyperparathyroidism

acromegaly

diabetes mellitus

hypothyroidism

inherited disease:

haemochromatosis

Wilson's disease

familial (isolated)

alkaptonuria

other/miscellaneous:

Paget's disease

renal osteodystrophy

hypomagnesaemia and hypophosphataemia

rheumatoid arthritis

osteoarthritis

idiopathic

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