associations
Last reviewed 07/2021
The majority of cases of chondrocalcinosis are idiopathic, as is the case for true gout.
However, the condition may be associated with:
- hyperparathyroidism
- haemochromotosis
- diabetes mellitus
- Wilson's disease
- ochronosis
- hypophosphataemia
- oxalosis
- osteoarthritis
- gout
- dialysis
- long-term steroid therapy
- acromegaly