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joint mice

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mapetrsn
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11/30/03 - 04:30 PM

What are they and what disease process are they a part of?

mjl1717
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11/30/03 - 06:36 PM

In Osteochondritis Dissecans, apiece of proliferating cartilage which breaks free,bathed in synovial fluid,creating a free body in the joint,which initially resulted from shearing fracture of subchondral bone. (particularly in the knee.)

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mapetrsn
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11/30/03 - 07:32 PM

Superb!

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