Chondrocalcinosis (mnemonic)
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Mnemonics for chondrocalcinosis include:
- 3 Cs
- WHIP A DOG
- HOGWASH
Mnemonics
3 Cs
- C: crystals e.g. CPPD, sodium urate (gout)
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C: cations
calciume.g. calcium (any cause of hypercalcemia), copper, iron - C: cartilage degeneration (e.g. osteoarthritis, acromegaly, ochronosis)
WHIP A DOG
- W: Wilson disease
- H: hyperparathyroidism (15%), haemochromatosis, haemophilia, hypothyroidism
- I: idiopathic (ageing)
- P: pseudogout
- A: acromegaly, arthritis, amyloidosis
- D: diabetes mellitus
- O: ochronosis
- G: gout
HOGWASH
- H: hyperparathyroidism, hypothyroidism, haemophilia
- O: ochronosis
- G: gout
- W: Wilson disease
- A: arthritis (rheumatoid, postinfectious, traumatic, degenerative), amyloidosis, acromegaly
- S: pseudogout
- H: haemochromatosis
-<strong>C: </strong>crystals <a href="/articles/calcium-pyrophosphate-dihydrate-deposition-disease">CPPD</a>, sodium urate (<a href="/articles/gout">gout</a>)</li>- +<strong>C: </strong>crystals e.g. <a href="/articles/calcium-pyrophosphate-dihydrate-deposition-disease">CPPD</a>, sodium urate (<a href="/articles/gout">gout</a>)</li>
-<strong>C: </strong>cations calcium (any cause of <a href="/articles/hypercalcemia">hypercalcemia</a>), copper, iron</li>- +<strong>C: </strong>cations e.g. calcium (any cause of <a href="/articles/hypercalcemia">hypercalcemia</a>), copper, iron</li>
-<strong>A:</strong> <a href="/articles/acromegaly">acromegaly</a>, arthritis, amyloidosis</li>- +<strong>A:</strong> <a href="/articles/acromegaly">acromegaly</a>, arthritis, <a title="Amyloidosis" href="/articles/amyloidosis">amyloidosis</a>
- +</li>
-<strong>A: </strong>arthritis (<a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis">rheumatoid</a>, postinfectious, traumatic, degenerative), <a href="/articles/amyloidosis">amyloidosis</a>, <a href="/articles/acromegaly">acromegaly</a>- +<strong>A: </strong>arthritis (<a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis">rheumatoid</a>, postinfectious, traumatic, <a title="Degenerative joint disease (DJD)" href="/articles/osteoarthritis">degenerative</a>), <a href="/articles/amyloidosis">amyloidosis</a>, <a href="/articles/acromegaly">acromegaly</a>
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