title: Pseudogout provoked by pregnancy.
abstract: Four women with chondrocalcinosis are described. Each developed acute attacks of synovitis during pregnancy (confirmed pseudogout, two; presumptive pseudogout, two). All patients had recognized predisposing factors (metabolic, familial, traumatic) for premature calcium pyrophosphate deposition, and in three this was their first episode of synovitis. This first report of provocation of pseudogout by pregnancy is of interest in respect of putative mechanisms of crystal shedding.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doherty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003460:Crystallization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013585:Synovitis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate