In a patient with gouty ahritis, synol fluid aspiration will show-
Correct Answer: Needle shaped crystals
Description: During acute gouty attacks, needle-shaped MSU crystals typically are seen both intracellularly and extracellularly . With compensated polarized light, these crystals are brightly birefringent with negative elongation. Ref - Harrisons 20e p2632
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