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Prosthetic synovitis: clinical and histologic characteristics.
- Source :
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The Journal of rheumatology [J Rheumatol] 1985 Dec; Vol. 12 (6), pp. 1066-74. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- Our study of 20 patients correlates the clinical picture of each patient with the pathology of synovial tissue obtained at the time of revision arthroplasty. While 12 patients had rheumatoid arthritis and 8 had osteoarthritis, the histopathology was identical. Additionally, while 15 of the 20 had an etiology for the revision, 5 patients were revised for pain alone with no explanation other than the synovitis. The characteristic histologic findings included lining cell hyperplasia, vascular congestion, giant cells, brightly birefringent high density polyethylene chards and cysts that represented ghosts of methyl methacrylate debris.
- Subjects :
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid therapy
Birefringence
Blood Sedimentation
Cysts chemically induced
Cysts pathology
Foreign Bodies pathology
Humans
Hyperplasia
Joint Diseases chemically induced
Joint Diseases pathology
Joint Diseases therapy
Methylmethacrylates adverse effects
Pain, Postoperative etiology
Silicone Elastomers adverse effects
Synovial Membrane cytology
Synovial Membrane metabolism
Synovitis pathology
Synovitis physiopathology
Joint Prosthesis adverse effects
Synovitis etiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0315-162X
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of rheumatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4093914