[A woman with a painful right knee]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2020 Dec 2:164:D5394.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

This case concerns a 62-year-old lady with persistent right knee pain. A conventional radiograph and additional MRI scan showed Hydroxyapatite crystal deposition disease (HADD) of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle. This was treated with a course of NSAIDs and functional weight-bearing mobilisation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Biomineralization*
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis*
  • Durapatite / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Knee / physiopathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
  • Musculoskeletal Pain / diagnosis*
  • Musculoskeletal Pain / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Weight-Bearing

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Durapatite