title: [Imaging findings of cristal deposit disorders].
abstract: Cristal deposit disorders are characterised by cristal deposits in hyaline and fibrocartilage, in synovium, capsule, ligaments and tendons and periarticular soft tissue. Calciumpyrophosphatedihydrate (CPPD), hydroxyapatite (calcific tendinitis) and uric acid arthropathies are the most common cristal deposit diseases. Radiography is still the number one image modality for initial imaging and the identification of cristal-induced inflammatory arthropathies. Differentiation between the entities of cristal deposit arthropathies can be challenging. Clincial and radiological findings may overlap in different cristal deposit arthropathies, owing a certain diagnosis difficult.
authors.affiliation: 1 Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital Basel.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirschmann
authors.affiliation: 2 Röntgeninstitut Imamed Radiologie Nordwest.
authors.forename: Ueli
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Studler
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001175:Arthrography; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003460:Crystallization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed