TABLE 286-4 -- SYNOVIAL FLUID FINDINGS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND OTHER FORMS OF ARTHRITIS

SYNOVIAL CHARACTERISTICS

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

GOUT/PSEUDOGOUT

REITER'S/PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

SEPTIC ARTHRITIS

OSTEOARTHRITIS, TRAUMATIC ARTHRITIS

Color

Yellow

Yellow-white

Yellow

White

Clear, pale yellow, or bloody