A 60-year-old presents with episodes of acute knee pain, swelling, and redness that resolve spontaneously. Aspiration shows calcium pyrophosphate crys...

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A 60-year-old presents with episodes of acute knee pain, swelling, and redness that resolve spontaneously. Aspiration shows calcium pyrophosphate crystals. Which condition is this?

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Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (pseudogout)

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Gout

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Osteoarthritis

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Septic arthritis

Rheumatology — UKMLA MCQ

A 60-year-old presents with episodes of acute knee pain, swelling, and redness that resolve spontaneously. Aspiration shows calcium pyrophosphate crystals. Which condition is this?