Idiopathic Eosinophilic Synovitis of the Knee Joint with Peripheral Eosinophilia – A Rare Case Report
Published: January 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.5367
Niranjanan Raghavn Muralidharagopalan, Volga Harikrishnan, Sivasubramanian Subbaiah, Chitra Srinivasan
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, India.
3. Professor& Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, India.
4. Professor& Head, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, India.
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Dr. Niranjanan Raghavn Muralidharagopalan,
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Synovitis, presenting as a synovial effusion is common. The most common cause include tuberculosis, osteoarthritis. Here with, presenting a rare case of monoarticular synovitis with synovial fluid and peripheral blood eosinophilia of unknown aetiology in an 18-year-old male. We review the clinical and pathological features and impress the need for synovial fluid examination in all cases
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