Artritis microcristalianas

In clinical practice, the diseases caused by the deposition of microcrystals are an important reason for consultation among primary care professionals. More and more emphasis is being given to the impact of the drop in the quality of life of patients and their role as independent cardiovascular risk factor. Moreover, as both gout arthropathy of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals pose a diagnostic challenge for the professionals who are not familiar with the use of light microscopy polariazada or not have access to it in the consultation. Therefore, either the frequency or the comorbidity simulate the ease of articular processes of other different prognosis and treatment necessary knowledge about important for the diagnosis of microcrystalline arthropathies on purely clinical basis. In this chapter we emphasize the diagnostic guidelines and recommended an update in the treatment of this disease.