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*[http://ard.highwire.org/content/58/5/261/F2.large.jpg Pseudogout (highwire.org)].<ref name=pmid10225806>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dieppe | first1 = P. | last2 = Swan | first2 = A. | title = Identification of crystals in synovial fluid. | journal = Ann Rheum Dis | volume = 58 | issue = 5 | pages = 261-3 | month = May | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10225806 | PMC = 1752883 | URL = http://ard.highwire.org/content/58/5/261.full }}</ref> | *[http://ard.highwire.org/content/58/5/261/F2.large.jpg Pseudogout (highwire.org)].<ref name=pmid10225806>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dieppe | first1 = P. | last2 = Swan | first2 = A. | title = Identification of crystals in synovial fluid. | journal = Ann Rheum Dis | volume = 58 | issue = 5 | pages = 261-3 | month = May | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10225806 | PMC = 1752883 | URL = http://ard.highwire.org/content/58/5/261.full }}</ref> | ||
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KNEE - BONE AND SOFT TISSUE, RIGHT, KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: | |||
- DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE WITH SYNOVIAL HYPERPLASIA AND MINIMAL INFLAMMATION. | |||
- CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS CONSISTENT WITH PSEUDOGOUT. | |||
- BONE WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. | |||
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====Micro==== | |||
Readily apparent rhomboid-shaped crystalline deposits are present (compatible with | |||
pseudogout). The crystals polarize and have a light blue hue under polarized light. | |||
=See also= | =See also= | ||