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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Fig. 3 | Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Fig. 3

From: Articular and periarticular spinal calcifications in relation to synovial fluid findings in patients with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD)

Fig. 3

MSUS; transverse scan shows thin hyperechoic band parallel to the surface of the hyaline cartilage (pattern I) in the femoral condyle characteristic of CPPD deposition. Knee, suprapatellar transverse scan in full flexion. Convex bony contour of femoral condyle is the deepest structure. A bright, hyperechoic band of CPPD deposition (arrow) is seen embedded in the dark, anechoic to hypoechoic hyaline cartilage that covers the femoral condyle. L, lateral; M, medial; TQ, quadriceps tendon

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