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16. Fibrous Dysplasia
Genetically based developmental anomoly
of bone forming mesenchyme with the defect
in osteoblastic differntiation and maturation
leads to replacement of normal bony tissue
by fibrous tissue and immature woven bone.
It is less cellular .
Osteoblastic riming is not seen.
Absence of capsule .
Giant cells could be seen.
Serum alkaline phosphatase activity sligtly
raised.
Ossifying Fibroma
It is a true benign neoplasm.
It is highly cellular.
Osteoblastic riming is seen.
Presence of capsule
Giant cells are not seen.
Serum alkaline phosphatase activity
normal.
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17. Ground glass appearance is seen .
Bony trabaculae are seen to be
separated from connective tissue
stroma .
Under polarised microscope coarse
and haphazard arrangement of collagen
fibres is seen.
The abundance of osteocalcin in
fibrous dysplasia suggests that the
calcified material in fibrous dysplasia is
more similar to normal bone than that
in ossifying fibroma.
It is a mixed lesion with diffused
scattered calcification.
No such separation is seen.
Under polarised microscope fine and
regular arrangement of collagen fibres
is seen.
Osteocalcin deficiency is seen in
ossifying fibroma .
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