What's the difference between effusion and hydrarthrosis?

Effusion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
  • (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
  • (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
  • (n.) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) BT Sport's marketing manager, Alfredo Garicoche, is more effusive still: "We're not thinking for the next two or three years, we're thinking for the next 20 or 30 years and even longer.
  • (2) The authors describe a case of expulsive choroidal effusion which occurred in the course of a fistulating operation in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
  • (3) In all patients a Tenckoff's catheter for peritoneal dialysis was introduced and peritoneal effusion extracted and measured.
  • (4) Recurrent respiratory infections occurred in 17 (38%), and chronic recurrent middle ear effusions were noted in 33 (73%).
  • (5) On the seventh day, when middle ear effusions were absent, the ciliary activity had recovered to normal.
  • (6) Emergency CT showed evidence of pericardial effusion suggesting hemopericardium, enlargement of the ascending aorta and a peripheral semilunar filling defect which caused a slight deformation of the true channel.
  • (7) Subsequently, the inflammatory reaction diminishes, as can be seen on smears from tympanic effusions.
  • (8) We report a case of tamponade due to an effusion of blood which had occurred two weeks after an aorto-coronary bypass and was unusually located behind the left atrium.
  • (9) Control fluids of posttraumatic effusions were negative; among the other controls synovial fluid from 1 psoriatic arthritis patient reacted positively.
  • (10) In severely affected children who have chronic otitis media with effusion resistant to medical therapy, adenoidectomy is an effective treatment.
  • (11) The syndrome of ovarian hyperstimulation is an exceptional aetiology of pleural effusion.
  • (12) Eleven effusions met one or more of three criteria commonly used to identify exudative effusions.
  • (13) Bacteria present in effusions were identified, and their ability to produce beta-lactamase was also determined.
  • (14) Her chest roentgenogram showed a moderate amount of pleural effusion in the left pleural cavity without infiltration in the lung fields and no evidence of swollen hilar or mediastinal lymphnodes.
  • (15) In the case of a massive serous pleural effusion examination of the ingredients leads to diagnosis.
  • (16) Similarly, the estimation of individual normal serum proteins in effusion fluids is unlikely to be of diagnostic value.
  • (17) However, separation of the capsule from the bony glenoid can be detected if a joint effusion is present to adequately distend the joint.
  • (18) A retrospective study was made with the purpose of testing Ultrasound usefulness in differential diagnosis between empyematous and non empyematous evolution of parapneumonic effusions.
  • (19) Seventy-nine children have been followed with persistent middle ear effusion (MEE).
  • (20) On the basis of this experience, further investigation of the intrapericardial administration of cisplatin as treatment to control malignant pericardial effusions appears warranted.

Hydrarthrosis


Definition:

  • (n.) An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fifty-three patients, 28 females and 25 males, aged from 21 to 68 years, affected with mono- and bilateral intermittent hydrarthrosis of the knee and of a non-inflammatory nature, were included in an open study.
  • (2) The mose beneficial results were seen in patients with intermittent hydrarthrosis.
  • (3) Ten patients had classical rheumatoid arthritis; three intermittent hydrarthrosis (both knees were treated in one patient); two ankylosing spondylitis, and one synovitis of undetermined cause.
  • (4) The anterior displacement of the patellar from the femur was measured as an indicator of hydrarthrosis.
  • (5) The collagenolytic activity of synovial fluid was registered in 38% of cases of RA and in some cases of Reiter's syndrome and hydrarthrosis intermittens, but it was not found in 50 cases of degenerative joint disease or in cases of ankylosing spondylitis.
  • (6) Films taken at regular intervals show longer contrast duration, and less hydrarthrosis after injection of Amipaque.
  • (7) A study was carried out to verify the efficacy of intra-articular orgotein in patients with different forms of hydrarthrosis of the knee.
  • (8) Eleven patients showed minimal synovial and cartilaginous lesions as the only cause of hemarthrosis, hydrarthrosis and clinical symptoms.
  • (9) These data show that IgE-dependent synovial mast cell degranulation causes a transient, nondestructive arthritis, reminiscent of lupus arthritis and intermittent hydrarthrosis.
  • (10) Hydrarthrosis was less pronounced with iotrolan than with diatrizoate and iopamidol.
  • (11) The central hub (ACL and PCL) is the most important stabilizing element, and its rupture usually results in slipping knee, pain and recurrent hydrarthrosis, which are particularly frequent and severe in athletes.
  • (12) A 49-year-old female presented with intermittent hydrarthrosis affecting the right knee.
  • (13) In 13 patients with hydrarthrosis of the knee, samples of synovial fluid and blood were drawn at regular intervals, following a single oral dose of 600 mg proquazone.

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