Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

• That's right, it starts in the synovium, not the joint space.
• The synovial infiltrate is nonsuppurative, but leads to
• Proliferation and growth of the synovium, 
• Eventually involving the articular cartilage, resulting in
• Destruction of the articular surface, producing
• Ankylosis (fusion) of the joint.

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