Staging helps describe where a cancer is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting the other parts of the body. Doctors often use tests to determine a cancerâs stage. Staging may not be complete until all of the tests are finished.
Chondrocalcinosis, on the other hand, refers to the radiographic evidence of calcification in hyaline and/or fibrocartilage. Osteoarthritis (OA) with CPPD reflects a situation where osteoarthritis features are the most apparent.Pyrophosphate arthropathy is a term that can refer to several of these situations.hondrocalcinosis, on the other hand, refers to the radiographic evidence of calcification in hyaline and/or fibrocartilage. Osteoarthritis (OA) with CPPD reflects a situation where osteoarthritis features are the most apparent. Pyrophosphate arthropathy is a term that can refer to several of these situations.
Fortunately, in all cases of definite or questionable chondrocalcinosis in the knees films of the feet, pelvis, hands, wrists and shoulders, and in some, films of the ankles, were available. Additional sites of chondrocalcinosis were found in 3 of the cases of definite knee meniscal calcifications .