.• are usua:.ly the - - - ••• Mariv are : f a--,d show - , Whether simple _:_s .1 car_ ,ect me so .r-m and - - Ho,e bodies is •:rdinar-.LY such eft.used ssr. e•_:. I: is QuiLE brobable, h• • r. s :he tr..ilder forms L,.,-.1_es are c2 this character. TL. svn raent..ratte is, however; a s-arce. Usually as :he result of - friflze:s mav become — - :::- 4e7 zEi. and finally sen a:2.7,i, -.L.e de:ached body -1)a: in; L'E'e :7_ :Le f:int. This is shown to be :he C,I;E f bodies' beinn r-ith memlrane. They J.:7E 7.11'...7- ill character. hut a:5 cart:Jaz-Mons. Cartilaze-celL are f euni in the synovial and it is ,a3.s: L'CI7 an ini,nry airi U sunticient action T.0 f:rrn an an rreciable S=etinaes the bodies are f:und a. terli:le, by which. they :re still a:ta,:berl to :he. synovial cf catTila,es ma, be SD .iCVETE17 ir_fured :o be pat-Hally wht:ly de :ached cr T_he fra=„ent. :he:: -d:2.:z free in :he jr..:_nr. or if only partially 1-ecetr„es 7arted later on.
Pizif•-.rm. melon-seed bodies in tem -1:n-sheaths and. join.ts are not composed of ordinary fibrin. and cannot be con sidered. in any ease to be produced by
:carulatitn. r.,f the fluil contenrs the szt 17 jcir_t. They are rather products of coJztrlati n-necroses Cif intenaal c: -.He sheath cr sa-r. ''ichuchardp: Virtrat st_rohiv, Oct. `).
..t_fection ti knee-joint simulating 117.."7. r.! serni_t:zar rart.laze. Growth. attached to synorial membrane lining caltstf.e. easily removed, deriver! from frEnzee. C. Byron Trrr.o_.: Brit.
Jo-rr, Oct. 13. rr...4 .
Rare variety of loose cartilage removed fr-r.. kr:ee-Tr.,:r_':: it consisted of a hard, iipornato..s 1112 arTecting the syno vial membrane; there were also many su.alIer masses. R. C. Chicken B7it. Med. Jour., Jan_ 1, '9.Sy.
The serr.ilunar carrilazes are lia.ble to be the sea: of injuries. Sometimes a niece of bone is detached aicn,r with the cartilaze, as occurred in a riatient of mine. These bodies not freQuen:ly contain calcareous or true bony naatter. In cs:eoardarizis or ar thritis deformans loose bodies are duenz and may exis.:. 0-reat numbers.
This is only what would be expected. of dizease in which the Ve.:7:_011.:i