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. 2014 Jan 24;46(Suppl 1):29–31. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(14)70041-1

Diagnóstico. Examen del líquido sinovial

Diagnosis: synovial fluid analysis

Francisco Javier Gallo Vallejo a, Vicente Giner Ruiz b
PMCID: PMC8171421  PMID: 24467958

Abstract

Synovial fluid analysis in rheumatological diseases allows a more accurate diagnosis in some entities, mainly infectious and microcrystalline arthritis.

Examination of synovial fluid in patients with osteoarthritis is useful if a differential diagnosis will be performed with other processes and to distinguish between inflammatory and non-inflammatory forms.

Joint aspiration is a diagnostic and sometimes therapeutic procedure that is available to primary care physicians.

Keywords: Osteoarthritis, Joint aspiration, Synovial fluid


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