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Compressive Cervical Myelopathy Due to Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease,Report of a Case and Review of the Literature Arch Int Med 159:189-193, Fry,K.H.,et al, 1999 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) deposition disease is an inflammatory arthropathy that is defined by the deposition of CPPD crystals in articular and periarticular structures. We report a case of compressive cervical myelopathy due to CPPD deposition disease of the cervical spine in a woman with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis. We also, from a review of the English language literature, describe the collective reported clinical experience with CPPD deposition disease of the cervical spine.

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