title: [Para-articular osteoporosis in chronic polyarthritis].
abstract: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis according to the criteria of the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) (4) the head of the femur was resected during reconstructive hip joint operation. The area of increased radiological translucence near to the joint space was histologically investigated. The rarefication of the trabecula was found distal of the articular cartilage. In this radiologically translucent area numerous osteoclasts and inflammatory cells could be found.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinischen Abteilung mit Rheumatologie und Osteologie, Kaiser Franz Josef Spitals der Stadt Wien.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bröll
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Machacek
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000473:pathology*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology; D005270:Femur Head / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Die gelenksnahe Osteoporose bei chronischer Polyarthritis.