musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis
Prognosis for Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis
The prognosis for individual flares of acute CPP arthritis is usually excellent. However, chronic arthritis can occur, and severe destructive arthropathy resembling Neurogenic Arthropathy (Charcot joints) occasionally occurs. Unlike gout, chronic CPP arthritis is challenging to manage because there is no therapy that effectively eliminates or reduces the burden of CPPD crystals. Patients, especially younger ones, who have frequent CPPD flares should be evaluated for 