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rice body
Etiology:
- arthritis
- tuberculous arthritis
- other infectious arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- chronic synovitis
- chronic bursitis
Pathology:
- multiple small loose bodies resembling polished grains of rice
- found in synovial fluid or bursae
- may represent shedding of infarcted synovium with encasement by fibrin
- cartilage-like appearance
Radiology:
- magnetic resonance imaging: T1 isointense, T2 hypointense
General
joint mouse
References
- Goel A et al
Radiopaedia: Rice bodies (MSK)
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/rice-bodies-msk
- Asik M, Eralp L, Cetik O, Altinel L.
Rice bodies of synovial origin in the knee joint.
Arthroscopy. 2001 May;17(5):E19.
PMID: 11337706