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Crystal analysis with a polarizing microscope shows calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals as rhomboidal and positively birefringent (in contrast to the needle-shaped, negatively birefringent urate crystals of gout.)
(c) 2012 American College of Rheumatology. Used with permission.
