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===Classification=== Synovial fluid may be classified into normal, noninflammatory, inflammatory, septic, and hemorrhagic: {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse" |+Classification of synovial fluid in an adult [[knee]] joint. |- bgcolor="#cccccc" |bgcolor="#ffffff"| || Normal || Non-inflammatory || Inflammatory || Septic || Bleeding |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| Volume (ml) || <3.5 || >3.5 || >3.5 || >3.5 || >3.5 |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| [[Viscosity]] || High || High || Low || Mixed || Low |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| Clarity || Clear || Clear || Cloudy || Opaque || Mixed |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| Color || Colorless/straw || Straw/yellow || Yellow || Mixed || Red |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| [[White blood cell|WBC]]/mm<sup>3</sup> || <200 || <2,000<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6/> || 5,000<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6/>-75,000 || >50,000<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6/> || Similar to blood level |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| [[Polysegmented neutrophil|Polys]] (%) || <25 || <25<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6/> || 50<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6/>-70<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6>Table 6-6 in: {{cite book |author1=Elizabeth D Agabegi |author2=Agabegi, Steven S. |title=Step-Up to Medicine (Step-Up Series) |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstwon, MD |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7817-7153-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/stepuptomedicine0000agab }}</ref> || >70<ref name=agabegi2nd6-6/> || Similar to blood level |- |bgcolor="#cccccc"| [[Gram stain]] || None || None || None || + (S aureus & Streptococcus) - (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)|| None |} Glucose (mg/dl) concentration in synovial fluid is nearly equal to serum. ;Synovial fluid viscosity ''Normal'': *Normal *Traumatic arthritis *Degenerative (Osteo) arthritis * Pigmented villonodular synovitis ''Normal or decreased'': *Systemic lupus erythematosus ''Decreased'': *Rheumatic fever *Rheumatoid arthritis *Gout *Pyogenic (Septic) arthritis * Tubercular arthritis * Less of lubrication in joints
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