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Synovial deposit of osmic acid after intra-articular injection

Anatomical and radiologic study of a case

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An anatomical and radiologic study of a synovial autopsy specimen 32 months after an intra-articular injection of osmic acid for the local treatment of a rheumatoid synovitis.

Osmium deposits are seen within peripheral cells of a fat lobule and also in a few histiocytes of the scar tissue which replaced the rheumatoid synovitis. These osmium deposits in the fat cells are present in a sufficient quantity to give a radiologic opacity.

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  1. Department of Pathology (Osteoarticular Unit), Department of Medicine (Geriatric Hospital and Division of Rheumatology); Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Bd. de la Cluse 40, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    R. Lagier, W. MacGee & I. Boussina

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Lagier, R., MacGee, W. & Boussina, I. Synovial deposit of osmic acid after intra-articular injection. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 372, 237–244 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433282

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