Abstracts tagged "Crystal-induced arthritis and synovial fluid"

Abstract Number: 2899 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Trapped Crystals in Synovial Fluid: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) from Bench to Bed-Side
Estrella Garcia Gonzalez, Orso Maria Luccherini, Alessandra Gamberucci, Alessandra Ali, Antonella Simpatico, Sauro Lorenzini, Marco Bardelli, Mauro Galeazzi and Enrico Selvi, Rheumatology Unit - Policlinico le Scotte, Siena, Italy
Background/Purpose: Recent data show that neutrophils are able to release chromatin and granular enzymes in web-like structures called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). The release of NETs has a physiological…
Abstract Number: 2321 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Quality Improvement in the Identification of Crystals from Synovial Fluid: Hospital Laboratory Versus Rheumatology Department Evaluation
Joanne Szczygiel Cunha¹, Anthony Reginato² and Stuart Schwartz², ¹Rheumatology, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown Univeristy, Providence, RI, ²Rheumatology, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose It has been well studied and accepted that the best method for evaluating joint disease is examination of synovial fluid. Synovial fluid analysis is…