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THE HISTOLOGY OF OSSICULAR EROSION
| Description | : | The entire body of the incus has undergone erosion due to chronic otitis media, presenting a moth-eaten appearance.
Inflammation and infection both alter the metabolic activity of bone. In normal healthy bone, there is a continuous balanced synergy between ossicular resorption and new bone formation. In patients with chronic otitis media the synergy is often disrupted on with resultant resorption of bone as seen here. H&E 40 X |
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