| Literature DB >> 2510400 |
R Lagier1, C A Baud, D Lacotte, J C Gerster.
Abstract
A case of metacarpophalangeal osteoarthrosis associated with synovial apatite deposits is reported. The size of the crystals indicates that they have been thickened by a recrystallization process; the latter could have been provoked by Ca and Po4 ions released by dissolution of some apatite crystals brought by calcified debris of bone or cartilage coming from the abraded osteoarthrotic surfaces. The role of such thickened crystals in synovial inflammation is discussed as well as their possible diagnostic value in determining origin and pathogenesis of a given synovial apatite deposit.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 1989 PMID: 2510400 DOI: 10.1007/bf01606474
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol ISSN: 0174-7398