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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease mimicking malignant soft tissue tumor

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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease has multiple clinical features with variable courses creating several pitfalls in clinical diagnosis. There are number of reported cases mimicking malignant skeletal tumors such as chondrosarcoma. However, no case of CPPD disease with radiographic noncalcified soft tissue mass has been reported in the literature. Here we report a case of CPPD disease clinically mimicking soft tissue tumor with its magnetic resonance imaging appearance and histopathology.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, İnciraltı, 35340, İzmir, Turkey

    Hasan Havıtçıoğlu, Hasan Tatari & Önder Baran

  2. , Mithatpaşa Cad. no: 794/2 35280, Köprü, İzmir, Turkey

    Hasan Tatari

  3. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, İnciraltı, 35340, İzmir, Turkey

    Metin Manisalı, Mustafa Seçil & Dinç Özaksoy

  4. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, İnciraltı, 35340, İzmir, Turkey

    Sermin Özkal & Kutsal Yörükoğlu

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Havıtçıoğlu, H., Tatari, H., Baran, Ö. et al. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease mimicking malignant soft tissue tumor. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 11, 263–266 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-002-0339-2

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