EXPERIENCE WITH PUNCH BIOPSY OF SYNOVIUM IN THE STUDY OF JOINT DISEASE
Authors: G P RODNAN, E J YUNIS, R S TOTTEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 August 1960EXPERIENCE WITH PUNCH BIOPSY OF SYNOVIUM IN THE STUDY OF JOINT DISEASEGERALD P. RODNAN, M.D., EDUARDO J. YUNIS, M.D., ROBERT S. TOTTEN, M.D.GERALD P. RODNAN, M.D., EDUARDO J. YUNIS, M.D., ROBERT S. TOTTEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-2-319 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn commenting some years ago upon pathologic examination of the human joint, Hench compared this structure to an inviolate "sacred cow," and noted the infrequency of the study of joint tissue at otherwise extensive postmortem examination.1Despite a recent plea for regular inspection at necropsy of the readily accessible sternoclavicular articulations,2examination of the joints is frequently overlooked, and there has been a paucity of information concerning the appearance of the synovium in almost all except the more common forms of rheumatic disease. This deficiency was only partially offset by the use of open joint biopsy. While this means of...Bibliography1. Hench PS: Discussion of Polley, H. F., Bickel, W. H., and Dockerty, M. 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