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Syndesmo-odontoid joint and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD)

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Twenty-seven patients with definite or probable CPPD have been investigated with systematic frontal and lateral tomograms of the cervicooccipital region. In 12 cases there were calcifications of the syndesmo-odontoid region. These calcifications are of two different types: linear calcifications (5 cases) and mottled calcifications (7 cases). The anatomic location of these calcifications is the transverse ligament or other structures of the syndesmo-odontoid joint. Although this type of calcification has already been described in other rheumatic diseases, it must lead to search for CPPD in the usual locations.

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  1. Institute of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France

    Y. Dirheimer, C. Bensimon, D. Christmann & C. Wackenheim

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Dirheimer, Y., Bensimon, C., Christmann, D. et al. Syndesmo-odontoid joint and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD). Neuroradiology 25, 319–321 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00439211

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