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NICO Radiograph Album -- Photo #13

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Traumatic Bone Cyst-Like Radiolucency with Scalloped Superior Margin

The superior margin scallops between the roots, much like a traumatic (unicameral) bone cyst), but here the lesion was filled with soft, greasy mush.  The lesion also shows a very faint ground-glass background (ghost marrow) with a large circular area of increased radiolucency toward the right.  Residual trabeculae in the lesion appear more prominent than usual.  It may be that the traumatic bone cyst is simply a variation of ischemic osteonecrosis.

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