• J Rheumatol · Nov 1981

    Rheumatoid subcutaneous bursitis.

    • D S Goldin, D A Stangler, and J J Canoso.
    • J Rheumatol. 1981 Nov 1;8(6):974-8.

    AbstractWe reviewed 11 patients with rheumatoid subcutaneous bursitis involving the olecranon bursa in 10 and an adventitious bursa in 1. All patients had a positive latex fixation test for rheumatoid factors. The mean bursal fluid white blood count (WBC) was 2,924/mm3 compared with a mean joint fluid WBC of 15,608/mm3 in 32 consecutive cases of classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (p less than 0.001). Bursal fluid glucose and complement concentrations were low. Cholesterol crystals were present in 5 of 6 nodular bursae, and in none of the 5 non-nodular bursae (p less than 0.05). Two patients had acicular cholesterol crystals that had previously led to an erroneous diagnosis of gout.

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