Atlas of Synovial Fluid Analysis

Synovial fluid analysis; gross appearance and viscosity; leukocyte count and differential; wet preparations; stained preparations; crystal identification; monosodium urate crystals; calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals; apatite crystals and other calcium phosphates; calcium oxalate crystals; crystalline and noncrystalline lipids; synthetic depot corticosteroid crystals; charcot-leyden crystals; immunoglobin crystals; hemoglobin and hematoidin crystals; unusual crystals found in muscle and bone; foreign bodies; artifacts and unexplained birefringent particles on wet preparations; appendix.