title: [A woman with a swelling of the right elbow].
abstract: A 74-year-old woman with longlasting rheumatoid arthritis came to our clinic because of a swollen bursa olecrani. Aspiration of the swelling yielded a yellow fluid; polarized light microscopy showed cholesterol crystals.
authors.affiliation: St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Nieuwegein, the Nethertlands. borg@antoniusziekenhuis.nl
authors.forename: Evert-Jan
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: ter Borg
authors.forename: Jan-Willem
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Leeuwis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D004550:Elbow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol