Гонит в структуре ювенильного идиопатического артрита: описание сустава в терминах артроскопии как способ дифференциальной диагностики

To reveal the expediency of arthroscopy in differential diagnostics of knee inflammation 16 boys and 13 girls with monoarthritis have been studied (mean age 11.8 ± 4.1 years, mean age of the diseases onset 9.9 ± 4.7 years). Besides routine clinical and laboratorial examination, knee arthroscopy with synovial biopsy was performed in all patients. Visual examination of synovial hyperplasia and hyperemia and microscopic examination was performed. Analysis of clinical features of the disease and the results of arthroscopy helped to classify all patients into 2 groups: those who had primary sinovitis and those who had secondary associated with joint traumatic damage synovitis. In patients with primary synovitis correlation was revealed between synovial hyperplasia and hyperemia (r = 0.72, p