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*Osteophytes - ossified projections at the edge of the articular cartilage (bony spurs). | *Osteophytes - ossified projections at the edge of the articular cartilage (bony spurs). | ||
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*Cartilaginous calcification is seen with OA; however, it is thought to be due to aging.<ref name=pmid17276093>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mitsuyama | first1 = H. | last2 = Healey | first2 = RM. | last3 = Terkeltaub | first3 = RA. | last4 = Coutts | first4 = RD. | last5 = Amiel | first5 = D. | title = Calcification of human articular knee cartilage is primarily an effect of aging rather than osteoarthritis. | journal = Osteoarthritis Cartilage | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 559-65 | month = May | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.joca.2006.10.017 | PMID = 17276093 }}</ref> | |||
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*[http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S8756328212000683-gr1.jpg Osteoarthritis showing villous hyperplasia - panel B (els-cdn.com)]. | *[http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S8756328212000683-gr1.jpg Osteoarthritis showing villous hyperplasia - panel B (els-cdn.com)]. | ||
*[http://www.medpath.info/MainContent/Skeletal/3097.GIF Osteophyte (medpath.info)].<ref>URL: [http://www.medpath.info/MainContent/Skeletal/Joint_02.html http://www.medpath.info/MainContent/Skeletal/Joint_02.html]. Accessed on: 10 November 2012.</ref> | *[http://www.medpath.info/MainContent/Skeletal/3097.GIF Osteophyte (medpath.info)].<ref>URL: [http://www.medpath.info/MainContent/Skeletal/Joint_02.html http://www.medpath.info/MainContent/Skeletal/Joint_02.html]. Accessed on: 10 November 2012.</ref> | ||