synovitis

The aim of this work was to evaluate histopathological and immunohisto- chemical differences between immune originated and degenerative synovitis.

Materials and Methods. The samples of synovial tissue were taken from the joint of 24 patients (11 men, 13 women), that underwent surgical treatment. 12 of these patients had di­agnosis of rheumathoid arthritis and other 12 - degenerative synovitis. Fur­ther, the samples were prepared for histopathological and immunohisto- chemical analysis.