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Abstract Number: 859

Knee Effusion: Sensitivity and Specificity Of Ultrasound For The Identification Of Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals

Erika Catay1, Santiago Ruta2, Javier Rosa1, David A. Navarta3, Marina Scolnik4, Ricardo Garcia-Monaco5 and Enrique R. Soriano6, 1Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Rheumatology Section, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5Radiology and Imagenology Department, Hospital italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meeting: 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Keywords: calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) and ultrasound, Knee

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Session Title: Metabolic and Crystal Arthropathies I

Session Type: Abstract Submissions (ACR)

Background/Purpose:  Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) is an important cause of arthritis mainly in elderly people. The final diagnosis is based on the identification of calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals in the synovial fluid (SF).Our objective was to evaluate the sensitivity and the specificity of ultrasound (US) and conventional radiography for the detection of CPP crystals in patients with knee effusion.

Methods: Consecutive patients > 50 years old with knee effusion on clinical examination seen at the out-patient Rheumatology Unit who underwent aspiration of SF including microscopic investigation of SF samples, were included. In all patients, US and conventional radiography (CR) of the involved knee were performed after arthrocentesis. US examinations were carried out by a rheumatologist trained in this imaging technique who was blinded to all clinical and CR data. A MyLab 70 XV (Esaote Biomedica, Genoa, Italy) machine equipped with a broadband 4-13 MHz linear probe was used. US scanning technique was performed according   to standard methods, including suprapatellar views (transverse and longitudinal) with knee in maximal possible flexion to assess femoral hyaline cartilage and lateral and medial longitudinal views with knee extended (as possible) to evaluate lateral and medial meniscal fibrocartilage, respectively.  The following US abnormal findings were considered indicative of CPPD: 1) hyperechoic bands within the femoral hyaline cartilage layer; 2) hyperechoic sparkling spots in meniscal fibrocartilage. CR were read by an experienced rheumatologist blinded to all clinical and US data searching for radiological evidence of chondrocalcinosis. SF was analyzed by an experienced biochemist, blinded to clinical and imaging data, using plain light and polarizing light microscopy.

Results: A total of 75 knees were evaluated in the same number of patients [39 male; mean age (SD): 66.6 years (15.7)]. Twenty-four patients had previous diagnosis of primary knee osteoarthritis (OA), 15 rheumatoid arthritis, 10 CPPD (McCarty criteria), 8 psoriatic arthritis and 5 systemic lupus erytematosus. Thirteen patients had knee effusion without definitive diagnosis of any rheumatic condition. Analysis of synovial fluid revealed CPP crystals in 15 out of 75 (20%) examined knees from 9 patients with previous diagnosis of CPPD, 3 patients with previous diagnosis of primary knee OA and 3 patients without previous definitive diagnosis of a rheumatic condition.

Table shows the US and cr diagnostic test properties for the detection of CPP crystals using SF findings as the gold standard.

 

Synovial fluid analysis

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

Positive predictive value (95% CI)

Negative predictive value (95% CI)

Positive

Negative

Ultrasound

Positive

 

9

2

60%

(32.33-83.57)

96.67%

(88.45-99.50)

81.82 %

(48.24-97.18)

90.62 %

(80.69-96.46)

Negative

6

58

Conventional radiology

Positive

6

10

40%

(16.43-67.67)

83.3%

(71.47-91.69)

37.5%

(15.29-64.53)

84.75 %

( 73-92.76)

Negative

9

50

Conclusion: US showed high specificity with good sensitivity to detect CPP crystals in patients with knee effusion. Compared with CR, US had better specificity and sensitivity. US may be used in daily rheumatologic practice when CPPD is suspected.


Disclosure:

E. Catay,
None;

S. Ruta,
None;

J. Rosa,
None;

D. A. Navarta,
None;

M. Scolnik,
None;

R. Garcia-Monaco,
None;

E. R. Soriano,

Abbott Immunology Pharmaceuticals,

2,

Bristol-Myers Squibb,

2,

Genzyme Corporation,

2,

Pfizer Inc,

8,

Abbott Immunology Pharmaceuticals,

8,

Janssen Pharmaceutica Product, L.P.,

8,

UCB,

8,

Bristol-Myers Squibb,

8.

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