Idiopathic calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease in a young male patient: a case report.
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease is a disease of the elderly and extremely rare in young individuals. If young people develop CPPD crystal deposition disease, it may be associated with metabolic diseases such as hemochromatosis, hyperparathyroidism, hypophosphatasia, hypomagnesemia, Wilson's disease, hypothyroidism, gout, acromegaly, and X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. Therefore, in young-onset polyarticular CPPD crystal deposition disease, investigation for predisposing metabolic conditions is warranted. We report a case of a young male patient with idiopathic CPPD crystal deposition disease, who did not have any evidences of metabolic diseases after thorough evaluations. As far as we know, this is the first report of a young male patient presented with idiopathic CPPD crystal deposition disease.
Ahn
Joong Kyung
JK
Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Hyung Jin
HJ
Kim
Eung Ho
EH
Jeon
Chan Hong
CH
Cha
Hoon-Suk
HS
Ha
Chul Won
CW
Ahn
Joong Mo
JM
Koh
Eun-Mi
EM
D000328:Adult; D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology
D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate