Difference between revisions of "Gout"
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***Surrounds fluffy (cotton candy-like) material. | ***Surrounds fluffy (cotton candy-like) material. | ||
**Fibrotic synovium. | **Fibrotic synovium. | ||
**Aggregates of urate crystals. | **Aggregates of urate crystals. (???) | ||
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*The classically described polarization of light (see ''[[crystals in body fluids]]'') is typically ''not'' present in [[formalin]] fixed tissue.<ref name=pmid11504841>{{Cite journal | last1 = Shidham | first1 = V. | last2 = Chivukula | first2 = M. | last3 = Basir | first3 = Z. | last4 = Shidham | first4 = G. | title = Evaluation of crystals in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections for the differential diagnosis of pseudogout, gout, and tumoral calcinosis. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 14 | issue = 8 | pages = 806-10 | month = Aug | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880394 | PMID = 11504841 }}</ref> | |||
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