Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on January 22, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47(3):377-378; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem361
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Cholesterol crescents and plates in shoulder effusion of a rheumatoid patient
Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road, Bridgend, UK
Correspondence to: S. Ho, Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road, Bridgend CF31 1RQ, UK. E-mail: sookfun.ho@bromor-tr.wales.nhs.uk
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SIR, While the occurrence of cholesterol effusions in patients with inflammatory arthropathy is a recognized phenomenon, the aetiology of this complication is not known. Whether there is any relationship to hyperlipidaemia remains speculative although a previous report has described clinical response to