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cells in synovial fluid
Pathology:
1) LE cells: systemic lupus erythematosus
2) malignant cells
- metastatic cancer
1] gastrointestinal cancer
2] lung cancer
3] leukemia
3) Reiter's cell
a) rheumatoid arthritis
b) septic arthritis
c) gout
d) pseudogout
4) eosinophils
a) metastatic carcinoma to synovium
b) acute rheumatic fever
c) irradiation
d) infections
e) allergy
f) postarthropathy
5) monocytes
a) rubella
b) arbovirus
c) hepatitis
d) systemic lupus erythematosus
e) scleroderma
f) sickle cell disease
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Reiter's cell
synovial fluid
synovial fluid cell count
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other cells in synovial fluid
General
cytology
References
Laboratory Medicine: Test Selection & Interpretation.
Howanitz & Howanitz (eds), Churchill Livingstone, NY,
1991, pg 118
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synovial fluid analysis