Quotation from: Manual of SurgeryWritten by: Alexander Miles and Alexis Thomson |
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(2) The commonest type is a _chronic synovitis_ or _hydrops_, in which the joint--very often the knee--becomes filled with a serous or sero-fibrinous exudate. There are no reactive changes in the synovial membrane, cellular tissue, or skin, nor is there any fever or disturbance of health. The movements are free except in so far as they are restricted by the amount of fluid in the joint. It usually subsides in two or three weeks under rest, but tends to relapse.
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