Abstract
Rice bodies are free corpuscles of synovial origin with a cartilage-like appearance
that may reach hundreds in number in the intra-articular space. Rheumatologic or infectious
pathologies that may produce synovial hypertrophy play a major role in the etiology.
Already recognized by rheumatologists, this entity is rarely reported in orthopaedic
literature. Numerous particles in the size and form of rice bodies were noted in the
knee joint of an 11-year-old patient who underwent arthroscopic drainage and partial
synovectomy. Histopathologic examination showed that some of the rice bodies consisted
only of fibrin and some of them included a collagenous nucleus surrounded by a fibrin
layer. No evidence of recurrence was observed by orthopaedic and rheumatologic evaluations
within 2.5 years after the arthroscopic procedure.
Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Vol 17, No 5 (May-June),
2001: E19
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*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Mehmet Aşik, M.D., Istanbul Üniversitesi, Istanbul Tip Fakültesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji A.B.D., 34390 -Çapa/ Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]
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© 2001 Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
