Amyloiddeposits inthekneejoint atautopsy

showed green dichroism in polarised light after staining withalkaline Congored.Theultrastructural features were also characteristic ofamyloid. Amyloid incapsule tissue was foundinasubsynovial location, aswell asdeeper inthecapsule tissue, while inthecartilage amyloid was localised along thesurface. The meniscus tissue, inparticular, contained heavydeposits ofamyloid-mainly alongtheinner margin. Osteoarthritic changes, withfibrillation ofthecartilage, were significantly related to amyloid deposition. Nopathogenetic correlation between theosteoarthritic changes andamyloid deposition couldbeshowninthepresentinvestigation.

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