Bone
Non-neoplastic or metabolic disease
Necrosis
Revised: 27 December 2018
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PubMed Search: Bone necrosis[title]
Non-neoplastic or metabolic disease
Necrosis
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 August 2013
Revised: 27 December 2018
Copyright: (c) 2003-2018, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Bone necrosis[title]
Cite this page: Pernick N Necrosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bonenecrosis.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
Definition / general
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Dead bone stains deeper blue than normal bone, no lacunar cells, margins of bone are ragged
- May have osteoclasts on bone margins
