Recurrent calcific periarthritis leading to erosive osteoarthritis.
Over a period of 31 years the patient described had recurrent attacks of acute calcific periarthritis at multiple sites. In the latter years of her follow-up she has developed an erosive polyarticular osteoarthritis at sites previously affected by calcific periarthritis and we speculate that there may be a pathogenetic link between these two conditions in some patients.
Baguley
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Division of Medicine, U.M.D.S. Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Grahame
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D000328:Adult; D000844:Ankylosis / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000473:pathology*; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence