Confusion With Presentations of Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Disease: A Report of Two Cases Mistaken for Cellulitis.
| Autor: | Rana MS; Family Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, PAK., Raza M; Family Medicine, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, USA., Arif M; Family Medicine, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, USA., Akinpelu T; Family Medicine, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, USA., Waheed A; Family Medicine, Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, USA.; Family and Community Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2023 Feb 08; Vol. 15 (2), pp. e34789. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 08 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.34789 |
| Abstrakt: | Both pseudogout and cellulitis are diseases that may mimic one another in clinical practice. We discuss two cases of acute calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) arthritis mistaken for cellulitis in the emergency department. Both patients experienced significant improvement after management was changed to treat CPPD. These cases highlight how it is essential for physicians to consider CPPD as a differential diagnosis for a patient that is presenting with signs of inflammation in any joint. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2023, Rana et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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