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Case Reports
. 2005 Mar 15;172(6):741-2.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.045248.

Acute monoarticular arthritis caused by Maltese cross-like crystals

Joe Dylewski  1 , Zuhier Awan, Indrojit Roy
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Acute monoarticular arthritis caused by Maltese cross-like crystals

Joe Dylewski et al. CMAJ. .
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Fig. 2: Unstained smear of synovial fluid (same field and magnification as in Fig. 1). Two polymorphonuclear cells are seen, each with a large intracytoplasmic inclusion (arrows). A few erythrocytes are also present.
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Fig. 1: Polarization microscopy of synovial fluid in woman with acute monoarticular arthritis. Three intracytoplasmic spherules are seen, each with a birefringent Maltese cross-like appearance. Magnification х 400.
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  • An unusual crystal.
    Buchanan WW, Kean WF. Buchanan WW, et al. CMAJ. 2005 Oct 11;173(8):850; author reply 850. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1050126. CMAJ. 2005. PMID: 16217093 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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