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The soft tissue section shows readily apparent rhomboid-shaped crystalline deposits | The soft tissue section shows readily apparent rhomboid-shaped crystalline deposits | ||
(compatible with pseudogout). The crystals polarize and have a light blue hue under | (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 | polarized light. Synovial hyperplasia is present. No lymphoid aggregates are apparent. | ||
The bony section show thin bony trabeculae and cartilage with | |||
degenerative changes (surface fibrillation, thinning). | degenerative changes (surface fibrillation, thinning). | ||