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A 79-year-old woman developed acute calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (pseudogout) arthritis during treatment with furosemide [route and duration of therapy to reaction onset not stated].
The woman, who had chronic renal failure and coronary artery disease, was hospitalised for knee pain. The pain persisted for years and worsened recently. Her physical examination revealed rough crepitation of knees. She had been receiving diuretic therapy with furosemide 40 mg/day. After...