Mid-30’s FM w/progressive conductive hearing loss. Clin dx: otosclerosis
Intraop: stapes fixed, remainder of ossicular chain mobile.
📸: stapes with remodeling, transected above footplate
📸: evolving pseudocyst w/i the articular surface (reactive)
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📸Transverse section through the cricoarytenoid joint (CAJ) of the larynx, a true synovial joint. Arrows delineate joint space
📸 Same, just higher mag
📸 Generally surfaced by fibrocartilage (but may be mixed). Synovium present
📸 Synovial lining
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More recent paper describes a non-canonical fusion
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Idiopathic gingival papillokeratosis with crypt formation.
Uncommon. Generally located along anterior maxillary gingiva in young people. Asymptomatic plaque(s), usually bilateral and white in color. No known risk of transformation.
PMID: 28089460
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ThC: thyroid cartilage, FC: false cord, TC: true cord, ELE: extralaryngeal extension
Parasagittal section through total laryngectomy specimen resected for advanced stage squamous cell carcinoma. Curious finding in the blue box
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