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===Final diagnosis=== | ===Final diagnosis=== | ||
Humerous, right proximal, excision - Aneurysmal bone cyst. | Humerous, right proximal, excision - Aneurysmal bone cyst. | ||
== Burnt-out chronic osteomyelitis == | |||
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GREAT TOE, LEFT, AMPUTATION: | |||
- SKIN WITH ULCERATION AND IMPETIGINIZATION. | |||
- ATHEROSCLEROSIS, MODERATE-TO-SEVERE. | |||
- SOFT TISSUE WITH FIBROSIS AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. | |||
- BONE AND MILDLY FIBROTIC MARROW SPACE WITH SCATTERED LYMPHOCYTES AND SIDEROPHAGES; | |||
NO SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PLASMA CELLS OR NEUTROPHILS APPARENT. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | |||
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== Osteoporosis == | |||
Note: | |||
*There isn't a number for "thin" trabeculae. Anecdotally, I suspect "thin" is 0.15-0.2 mm. | |||
**Crude guess at normal thickness is ~ 0.4 mm. [1] | |||
1. {{Cite journal | last1 = Klintström | first1 = E. | last2 = Smedby | first2 = O. | last3 = Moreno | first3 = R. | last4 = Brismar | first4 = TB. | title = Trabecular bone structure parameters from 3D image processing of clinical multi-slice and cone-beam computed tomography data. | journal = Skeletal Radiol | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Nov | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1007/s00256-013-1766-5 | PMID = 24271010 }} | |||