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maltese cross

Etiology: - descriptor often applied to lipid crystals in synovial fluid - the four-point cross pattern (Maltese cross) is a classic finding for calcium oxalate crystals in urine under polarized light microscopy [2] - trophozoites appearing as multiple ring forms within RBCs forming a tetrad (maltese cross) on a Wright-stained peripheral blood smear obtained during a chill of babesiosis

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crystals in synovial fluid

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 20 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2025