(1) Rapid progressive right hip destructive arthritis |
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(2) Morning stiffness greater than 1 hour |
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(3) Maximum active joint count of 11 |
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(4) Chronic metatarsal phalangeal joints arthritis with erosions, periarticular osteopenia on imaging of hands |
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(5) Right knee arthritis with no imaging evidence of crystal arthropathy |
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(6) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 56 mm/h and C-reactive protein (CRP) 106.4 mg/L, antinuclear antibody (ANA) was weakly positive at 1:80, with a negative rheumatoid factor (RF), anticitrullinated peptide (anti-CCP), antidouble stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA), and extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) screen |
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(7) Two incidental pulmonary nodules |
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(8) A soft tissue calcified mass in the right sacroiliac (SI) fossa and right gluteal muscles |
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(9) Presence of extracellular calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate (CPPD) crystals in right hip joint, negative synovial biopsy for crystals |
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(10) Biopsy showed chronic inflammation, fibrosis, multinucleated giant cell reaction with dystrophic calcification, and reactive synovial proliferation |
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