PMC4451655_01
Clinical image of the patient presenting with a mass on left nasal dorsum
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F1
On palpation, the lesion was a 1 x 1 cm cartilage-like mass, yet it was fixed to the dorsum [see Figure 1].
(a) A hypercellular cartilaginous area with early ossification and features of remodeling with polygonal and spindleshaped fibroblasts surrounding the osteochondromatous area (H&E stain, x100). (b) Cartilaginous area with early ossification and features of remodeling with polygonal and spindle-shaped fibroblasts (H&E stain, x400)
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F2
Figure 2a and b demonstrate a hypercellular cartilaginous area with early ossification and features of remodeling (osteoclasts are adjacent to the osteocartilaginous focus) with polygonal and spindle-shaped fibroblasts surrounding the osteochondromatous area.