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- DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE WITH SYNOVIAL HYPERPLASIA AND MINIMAL INFLAMMATION. | - DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE WITH SYNOVIAL HYPERPLASIA AND MINIMAL INFLAMMATION. | ||
- CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS CONSISTENT WITH PSEUDOGOUT. | - CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS CONSISTENT WITH PSEUDOGOUT. | ||
- BONE | - BONE WITH THIN TRABECULAE. | ||
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====Micro==== | ====Micro==== | ||
The soft tissue section shows readily apparent rhomboid-shaped crystalline deposits | |||
pseudogout). The crystals polarize and have a light blue hue under polarized light. | (compatible with pseudogout). The crystals polarize and have a light blue hue under | ||
polarized light. The bony section show thin bony trabeculae and cartilage with | |||
degenerative changes (surface fibrillation, thinning). | |||
=See also= | =See also= | ||