Cholesterol crystals in shoulder synovial fluid

J W Riordan; P A Dieppe

doi:10.1093/rheumatology/26.6.430

Cholesterol crystals in shoulder synovial fluid

Br J Rheumatol. 1987 Dec;26(6):430-2. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/26.6.430.

Authors

J W Riordan¹, P A Dieppe

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.

PMID: 3690136
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/26.6.430

Abstract

Samples of 1945 synovial fluids have been examined from patients with a wide variety of joint disorders. Typical cholesterol crystals were seen in only 14 of these samples, all from the shoulders of six patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis and persistent shoulder effusions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology*
Cholesterol*
Crystallization
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography
Shoulder Joint / diagnostic imaging
Shoulder Joint / pathology*
Synovial Fluid / pathology*

Substances

Cholesterol