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Intramedullary Cavitation Album -- Photo #6 *

ŠThe Maxillofacial Center for Diagnostics & Research

Large Retromolar Cavitation Filled with Thick, Dark Blood

Dark, thick blood oozes into a hollow medullary space during surgical curettage.  The curette is placed outside the bone to demonstrate the anterior extent of the cavitation between the molar and the facial cortex.

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* Photo courtesy of Dr. Thomas Colpitts, Oklahoma