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*Round cells.  
*Round cells.  


==Hyaline cartilage==
==Differential diagnosis==
===Microscopic===
Cartilage - general for the site:<ref name=pmid17031677>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Krenn | first1 = V. | last2 = Morawietz | first2 = L. | last3 = König | first3 = A. | last4 = Haeupl | first4 = T. | title = [Differential diagnosis of chronic synovitis]. | journal = Pathologe | volume = 27 | issue = 6 | pages = 402-8 | month = Nov | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1007/s00292-006-0866-6 | PMID = 17031677 }}</ref>
*[[Synovial chondromatosis]].
*[[Gout]].
*[[Pseudogout]].
*[[Storage disorders]].
*[[Granuloma|Granulomatous inflammation]].
*Degenerative changes ([[osteoarthritis]]).
*[[Rheumatic joint disease|Rheumatic disease]].
*[[Diffuse-type tenosynovial giant cell tumour]].
 
==Normal==
===Hyaline cartilage===
====Microscopic====
Features:<ref name=Ref_EH2_178>{{Ref EH2|178}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_EH2_178>{{Ref EH2|178}}</ref>
*Chondrocytes within small pockets (lacunae) of extracellular matrix.
*Chondrocytes within small pockets (lacunae) of extracellular matrix.
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cartilage_polarised.jpg Hyaline cartilage - polarised (WC)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cartilage_polarised.jpg Hyaline cartilage - polarised (WC)].


==Perichondrium==
===Perichondrium===
===Microscopic===
====Microscopic====
Features:
Features:
*Around cartilage.
*Around cartilage.
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