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Features:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Swagerty | first1 = DL. | last2 = Hellinger | first2 = D. | title = Radiographic assessment of osteoarthritis. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 64 | issue = 2 | pages = 279-86 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11476273 | url= http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0715/p279.html }}</ref> | Features:<ref name=pmid11476273>{{Cite journal | last1 = Swagerty | first1 = DL. | last2 = Hellinger | first2 = D. | title = Radiographic assessment of osteoarthritis. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 64 | issue = 2 | pages = 279-86 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11476273 | url= http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0715/p279.html }}</ref> | ||
#Loss of cartilage, especially asymmetrical. | |||
#*Marble-like appearance - polished appearance known as ''eburnation''. | |||
#Osteophyte formation. | |||
#Subchondral cysts. | |||
#Subchondral sclerosis. | |||
Memory device ''LOSS'': ''L''oss of cartilage, ''O''steophyte formation, ''S''ubchondral cysts, ''S''ubchondral sclerosis. | Memory device ''LOSS'': ''L''oss of cartilage, ''O''steophyte formation, ''S''ubchondral cysts, ''S''ubchondral sclerosis. | ||