Abstract
Five cases of calcium deposits in the menisci of the knee out of 5440 cases complaining of the pain of the knee joint in our clinic were characterized roentgenographically and symptomatically. One of these five cases was noted ossification of meniscus roentgenologically and histologically. Another one case revealed multiple calcification occurring in fibrocartilage disc and hyaline cartilage surfaces (elbow, hand, symphysis, hip and hand).
The clinical evidence of these calcification was often very acute and resemble a septic arthritis, and called as “pseudogout” or “chondrocalcinosis articularis”.
Otherwise, five menisci of 136 menisci removing from the knee joints of 34 cadavera revealed the finding of the spotted or linear calcification.
