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DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027287
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Akute Calciumpyrophosphatdihydrat-Arthritis bei Kniearthroplastik
Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Arthritis in Total Knee ArthroplastyPublication History
Publication Date:
27 August 2008 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Bisher sind erst einzelne Fälle einer Calciumpyrophosphat-Arthritis in einem Kunstgelenk publiziert worden. Wir berichten über eine 63-jährige Patientin mit einer akuten Arthritis in einer sechs Jahre zuvor implantierten Kniearthroplastik. Der negative Nachweis von Mikroorganismen sowie das Vorhandensein von Calciumpyrophosphatdihydrat-Kristallen in der Gelenksflüssigkeit und im Synovialgewebe führten zur Diagnose einer Calciumpyrophosphatdihydrat-Arthritis. Die Symptomatik und die Entzündungszeichen waren unter konservativer Therapie regredient. Eine Antibiotikagabe oder ein Prothesenausbau waren nicht notwendig. Es werden differenzialdiagnostische Überlegungen insbesondere zur Abgrenzung von einer Protheseninfektion angestellt.
Abstract
Only few cases of acute calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate arthritis in total knee arthroplasty have been published. We report about a 63-year-old woman with an acute arthritis occurring six years after implantation of a total knee arthroplasty. The negative culture results and the identification of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in synovial fluid and synovial tissue provided the diagnosis of pseudogout arthritis. The patient recovered under conservative treatment. Antibiotics or retrieval of the implant were unnecessary. Exclusion of an implant infection is of the utmost importance.
Schlüsselwörter
Calciumpyrophosphatdihydrat-Arthritis - Kniearthroplastik - Protheseninfektion
Key words
calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate arthritis - knee arthroplasty - prosthesis infection
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