Spherulite crystals in synovial tissue of a patient with recurrent monoarthritis
Weinberger, A.; Halabe, A.; Raphael, A.; Samuel, R.; Pinkhas, J.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2(1): 63-65
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0392-856X PMID: 6532612 Document Number: 227782
Frozen, unstained sections of synovial tissue of a 38-year-old man with recurrent monoarthritis and hyperuricemia were studied. Negatively birefringent crystals in a spherulite form were detected by using a compensated polarized light microscope. It is postulated that in some cases of gout the first stage of crystallization is in the spherulite form.