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Gout – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology

LABORATORY FINDINGS Synovial fluid analysis  The gout flare is characterized by the presence of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in synovial fluid obtained from joints or bursas visualized by direct examination of a sample of fluid using compensated polarized light microscop. Urate crystals may also be identified frequently by this technique in material aspirated during the […]