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FIGURE 24–35 Cholesterol crystals (synovial fluid FIGURE 24–36 Cholesterol crystals (synovial fluid 3
3500; unstained). 500; polarized light microscopy). (Courtesy
George Girgis, MT [ASCP], Indiana University
Health.)
Large, flat rectangular plates with notched corners. It is necessary to use polarized light for confirmation
of cholesterol crystals, but it is not necessary to use a
Associated with: Chronic inflammatory conditions red compensator.
and considered a nonspecific finding
