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NICO Necropsy Case, JOPM 1999 Album -- Figure #3a

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Cross Sections of Mandible
(Left = First Molar Region; Right = Third Molar Region)

Extensive marrow loss has resulted in multiple intermeshing cavitations (C) or "microcavitations." Dense fibrous tissue (F) replaces superior cortex, and the bony canal around the neurovascular bundle (O) is destroyed.

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