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Microscopic assessment is usually considered the gold standard for analysis of synovitis in osteoarthritis [ 33].

Microscopic assessment was done according to the recommendations of the Papanicolaou Society of cytopathology [ 10].

Microscopic assessment was performed according to 4 commonly used microscopic assessment systems for synovitis; the Østergaard, Loeuille, modified Krenn, and Scanzello systems (Fig.  2) [ 21, 35– 35].

In all instances, both the macroscopic and microscopic assessments were considered normal.

The inter- and intra-observer reliability of all of the macroscopic and microscopic assessments were excellent.

The reliability and association between the macroscopic and microscopic assessments were investigated.

Associations between the parameters of the macroscopic assessments and the microscopic assessments were examined by calculating the Spearman correlation coefficient, and associations between the macroscopic grade and the microscopic assessments were analysed by the Pearson correlation.

i) Qualitative light microscopic assessments were made of the proximal humeral, distal femoral and proximal tibial epiphyses.

The associations between the macroscopic grades and the microscopic assessments were stronger in the glenohumeral joint than in the subacromial space (Table  4 and 5).

Our pilot study with 30 patients showed that the Pearson correlation coefficient between the macroscopic and microscopic assessments was 0.465 with a statistical power of 75.8 % (p = 0.010).

The macroscopic and microscopic assessments were performed in the 3 ROIs of the glenohumeral joint (anterior, inferior, and posterior), and in the 4 ROIs of the subacromial space (anterior, posterior, medial, lateral) for each patient (Fig.  1).