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How is physical exam of CPPD?

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Vary depending on the form of CPDD Acute pseudogout( an acutely inflamed joint with swelling, effusion, warmth, tenderness, and pain on range of motion typically occurs in the knee but may be present in the wrists, shoulders, ankles, hands, and feet.) Pseudo-osteoarthritis (Osteoarthritis like, sometimes with an unusual joint predilection If a patient has osteoarthritis involving the MCP joints and wrists, consider CPPD associated with an underlying metabolic disease.) Pseudorheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis with synovitis in a symmetrical, polyarticular pattern, especially involving the wrists and MCP joints.)


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