title: Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy.
abstract: Ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of synovium is an increasingly performed procedure with a high diagnostic yield. In this review, we discuss the normal synovium, as well as the indications, technique, tissue handling and clinical applications of ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Jacqueline C M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sitt
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional