Intra-articular milk of calcium in saturnine gout.
Radiographs of two patients with saturnine gout (lead gout) demonstrated radio-opaque material which resembled milk of calcium within several joints. A histochemical examination of knee aspirate of one of the patients revealed a combination of monosodium urate and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate. Subsequently, the authors suspected that the findings of intra-articular milk of calcium were due to the coexistence of saturnine gout and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease rather than intra-articular calcified tophus.
D000328:Adult; D001175:Arthrography; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006073:Gout / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D002118:Calcium