JOINT DISORDERS

Question 1

Degenerative joint disorder

Answer 1

non inflammatory

Question 2

immunologic disorder

Answer 2

inflammatory - immunologic origin

Question 3

gout pseudogout

Answer 3

inflammatory - crystal induced

Question 4

microbial infection

Answer 4

septic

Question 5

traumatic injury
coagulation deficiency

Answer 5

hemorrhagic

Question 6

I. Non inflammatory
a. Color and Clarity
b. Viscosity
c. WBC count
d. Neutrophils
e. Glucose
f. Others
g. Associated disease/s

Answer 6

a. clear, yellow fluid
b. good
c. <1000 / ul
d. <30%
e. similar to blood glucose
f. -
g. osteoarthritis, osteochondritis, traumatic arthritis, neuroarthtopathy

Question 7

IIb. inflammatory - crystal induced
a. Color and Clarity
b. Viscosity
c. WBC count
d. Neutrophils
e. Glucose
f. Others
g. Associated disease/s

Answer 7

a. cloudy or milky fluid
b. low
c. up to 100,000/ ul
d. <70%
e. decreased
f. + crystals
g. Crystal synovitis (gout, pseudogout)

Question 8

IIa. inflammatory - immunologic origin
a. Color and Clarity
b. Viscosity
c. WBC count
d. Neutrophils
e. Glucose
f. Others
g. Associated disease/s

Answer 8

a. cloudy yellow fluid
b. poor
c. 2000-75000/ ul
d. >50%
e. decreased
f. + autoantibodies
g. rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, ankylosing spondylitis, Lyme arthritis

Question 9

III. Septic
a. Color and Clarity
b. Viscosity
c. WBC count
d. Neutrophils
e. Glucose
f. Others
g. Associated disease/s

Answer 9

a. cloudy, yellow-green fluid
b. variable
c. 50k - 100k/ ul
d. >75%
e. decreased
f. + culture and GS
g. bacterial infection, fungal infection, mycobacterial infection

Question 10

IV. Hemorrhagic
a. Color and Clarity
b. Viscosity
c. WBC count
d. Neutrophils
e. Glucose
f. Others
g. Associated disease/s

Answer 10

a. cloudy, redfluid
b. low
c. equal to blood
d. equal to blood
e. normal
f. + rbc
g. trauma, tumor, joint prosthesis, blood disease such as sickle cell disease and hemophilia