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Intramedullary Cavitation Album -- Photo #8 *

ŠThe Maxillofacial Center for Diagnostics & Research

Glistening Oil Cysts and Fat Globules Admixed with Fibrosis

Same patient as Photo #7. Many osteonecrotic lesions are comprised of an admixture of fibrous or fibrofatty tissue and glistening, semitransparent oil cysts (see arrow; coalesced liquefied fat from dead adipocytes) and fat globules.  When such tissue is present it may show minimal connection to the irregular cavitational walls.

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