Cholesterol crescents and plates in shoulder effusion of a rheumatoid patient

MeSH terms

• Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnosis
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
• Biopsy, Fine-Needle
• Cholesterol / analysis*
• Disease Progression
• Drug Resistance
• Etanercept
• Exudates and Transudates / chemistry
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin G / therapeutic use
• Male
• Methotrexate / therapeutic use
• Prednisolone / therapeutic use*
• Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / therapeutic use
• Severity of Illness Index
• Shoulder Joint / physiopathology*
• Synovial Fluid / chemistry*
• Treatment Outcome