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[Rapid osteolysis of the hip and chondrocalcinosis]
1Service de rhumatologie, médecine physique et réhabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne.
Praxis
|April 16, 1996
Abstract:
Two old patients with a rapid destructive arthropathy of the hip with osteolysis of the femoral head are presented. X-Rays show chondrocalcinosis. The other common causes of destructive arthropathy have been dismissed. Although the exact mechanism of osteolysis remains unclear, chondrocalcinosis might be involved in the destructive process.