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Many of these can be "gross only".
Many of these can be "gross only".
=Gross=
Features to comment on:<ref name=Ref_Lester225>{{Ref Lester|225}}</ref>
*Liberality (on requisition).
*Dimensions of head and neck.
*Shape of head (round? deformed?).
*Resection margin (irregular?).
*Cartilage (thinning/eburnation? separation from the cartilage).
*Bone (subchondral cysts? subchondral sclerosis?).
*Other (osteophytes? pannus?).
Notes:
*Some advocate the use of cardboard when cutting<ref name=pmid18486895>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dimenstein | first1 = IB. | title = Bone grossing techniques: helpful hints and procedures. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 191-8 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.06.004 | PMID = 18486895 }}</ref> -- weird.


=Criteria for gross only=
=Criteria for gross only=
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=Diagnoses to consider=
=Diagnoses to consider=
*Avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
*Avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
*Osteoarthritis.
*[[Osteoarthritis]].
*Rheumatologic disease - rheumatoid arthritis.
*Pathologic fracture.
*Pathologic fracture.
*Infection ([[osteomyelitis]]).


=Specific diagnoses=
=Specific diagnoses=
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===Gross===
===Gross===
Features:
Features:<ref name=Ref_Lester224>{{Ref Lester|224}}</ref>
*Cartilage separates from the bone.
*Wedge-shaped pale yellow below cartilage.
*+/-Cartilage separates from the bone.
*+/-Deformation of femoral head.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid20513874>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steffen | first1 = RT. | last2 = Athanasou | first2 = NA. | last3 = Gill | first3 = HS. | last4 = Murray | first4 = DW. | title = Avascular necrosis associated with fracture of the femoral neck after hip resurfacing: histological assessment of femoral bone from retrieval specimens. | journal = J Bone Joint Surg Br | volume = 92 | issue = 6 | pages = 787-93 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1302/0301-620X.92B6.23377 | PMID = 20513874 }}
Features:<ref name=pmid20513874>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steffen | first1 = RT. | last2 = Athanasou | first2 = NA. | last3 = Gill | first3 = HS. | last4 = Murray | first4 = DW. | title = Avascular necrosis associated with fracture of the femoral neck after hip resurfacing: histological assessment of femoral bone from retrieval specimens. | journal = J Bone Joint Surg Br | volume = 92 | issue = 6 | pages = 787-93 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1302/0301-620X.92B6.23377 | PMID = 20513874 }}
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*Empty lacunae.  
*Empty lacunae (indicative of necrotic bone).


==Osteoarthritis==
==Osteoarthritis==
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==Infection==
==Infection==
:See ''[[Osteomyelitis]]''.
:See ''[[Osteomyelitis]]''.
==Rheumatoid arthritis==
===Gross===
Features:
*Pannus<ref name=Ref_Lester223>{{Ref Lester|223}}</ref> - fibrovascular tissue or granulation tissue.
Image: [http://www.tumorlibrary.com/case/detail.jsp?image_id=3907 RA (tumorlibrary.com)].


=See also=
=See also=
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