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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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A 54-year-old woman comes to the physician because of constant dull pain, swelling, and progressive stiffness of the right knee for 3 days. Use of over-the-counter analgesics has only provided minimal relief of her symptoms. She has not had any similar symptoms in the past. She takes hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension. Examination of the right knee shows a large effusion and mild erythema. There is moderate tenderness to palpation. Range of motion is limited by pain. Arthrocentesis of the right knee is performed, and microscopic examination of the synovial fluid under polarized light is shown. Further evaluation of this patient is most likely to show which of the following findings?
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Calcification of the meniscal cartilage