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The process of synovial fibrosis. (A) After cartilage damage occurs, (B) the abnormally proliferative chondrocytes near the lesion secrete pro-inflammatory factors that inflames the synovial membrane. (C) The pro-inflammatory factors eventually lead to hyperplasia of the synoviocytes and thicken the lining of the synovial membrane.
