Identifying Inflammation in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Relationship of Synovial Fluid White Blood Cell Count to MRI Effusion-Synovitis.
Lindsey A MacFarlaneKaetlyn R ArantAleksandra M KosticHanna MassMorgan H JonesJamie E CollinsElena LosinaJeffrey N KatzPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2022)
The sensitivity and specificity of SF WBC in identifying E-S on MRI were limited. Further research is needed to better understand the association between MRI and SF measured E-S and to determine which measure more strongly relates to synovial histopathology and patient outcomes.