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- BONE WITH THIN TRABECULAE.
- BONE WITH THIN TRABECULAE.
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BONE, LEFT KNEE, JOINT REPLACEMENT:
- DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE.
- CRYSTALS CONSISTENT WITH PSEUDOGOUT.
- SYNOVIAL HYPERPLASIA WITH RARE GIANT CELLS.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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====Micro====
====Micro====
The soft tissue section shows readily apparent rhomboid-shaped crystalline deposits  
The soft tissue section shows readily apparent rhomboid-shaped crystalline deposits