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Intramedullary Cavitation Album -- Photo #10 *

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Hollow Mandible with Dark, Thick Blood, Oil Cysts

A cortex-to-cortex cavitational defect of the posterior mandible is partially filled with dark, thick blood in which are floating several semitransparent "bubbles" of necrotic fat (oil cysts), which may have a yellowish or grayish appearance.

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* Photo courtesy of Drs. James Shen & Rily Young, Huntington Beach, California