II. Labs: Microscopy - Specific

  1. Monosodium Urate or MSU Crystals: Gout
    1. Needle-shaped
    2. Frequently intracellular
    3. Strongly negatively birefringent
  2. Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD): Pseudogout
    1. Rod or rhomboidal shaped
    2. Weakly positive birefringent
  3. Basic Calcium Phosphate (BCP): Calcific periarthritis
    1. Description
      1. Clumps and globules
      2. Non-birefringent
    2. Conditions
      1. Chronic BCP Arthritis
      2. Milwaukee Shoulder-knee syndrome
      3. Mixed BCP-CPPD disease (See above)
      4. Osteoarthritis
      5. Metastatic calcinosis
  4. Calcium Oxalate
    1. Description
      1. Variable bipyramidal morphology
      2. Strongly positively birefringent
    2. Conditions
      1. Chronic dialysis Arthritis
      2. Arthritis of primary oxalosis
  5. Cholesterol Crystals or Lipid Microspheres
    1. Description
      1. Flat, rectangular plates
      2. Notched corners, maltese crosses
      3. Strongly negative birefringent
    2. Conditions
      1. Chronic inflammatory Arthritis
      2. Acute Polyarthritis
  6. Cryoglobulin Crystals: Paraproteinemias
    1. Polygonal Shaped
    2. Positively birefringent

III. Labs: Microscopy - Other Crystals and artifacts

  1. Corticosteroid Crystals: Arthritis flare post injection
    1. Birefringent Crystals
  2. Cystine Crystals: Cystinosis
  3. Xanthine Crystals: Xanthinuria
  4. Charcot-Leyden Crystals: Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
  5. Aluminum phosphate: Hemodialysis
  6. Talc from exam gloves (Artifact)
  7. Apatite (Stained by Alizarin red S)

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French Microscopie à lumière polarisée, Microscopie en lumière polarisée, Microscopie de polarisation, Microscopie à polarisation, Microscopie en polarisation
Swedish Polarisationsmikroskopi
Czech mikroskopie polarizační
Finnish Polarisaatiomikroskopia
Russian POLIARIZATSIONNAIA MIKROSKOPIIA, MIKROSKOPIIA POLIARIZATSIONNAIA, МИКРОСКОПИЯ ПОЛЯРИЗАЦИОННАЯ, ПОЛЯРИЗАЦИОННАЯ МИКРОСКОПИЯ
Italian Microscopia in luce polarizzata, Microscopia polarizzata, Microscopia a luce polarizzata
Croatian MIKROSKOPIJA, POLARIZACIJSKA
Polish Mikroskopia polaryzacyjna
Japanese 顕微鏡検査法-偏光, 偏光顕微鏡検査法, 偏光顕微鏡検査
Norwegian Mikroskopi med polarisert lys, Polarisasjonsmikroskopi, Mikroskopi, polarisert lys, Mikroskopi, polarisasjon
German Mikroskopie, Polarisations-, Mikroskopie, polarisiertes Licht, Polarisations-Mikroskopie
Dutch Microscopie, polarisatie-, Polarisatiemicroscopie
Portuguese Microscopia de Luz Polarizada, Microscopia de Polarização
Spanish Microscopía de Luz Polarizada, Microscopía de Polarización

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