Medium power view of monostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone
Medium power view of monostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone

A medium power view of an area of fibrous dysplasia of bone.
In this power, one can easily appreciate the tumor contains two types of tissue.
A more cellular area marked by the asterisks, and a less cellular, more deeply and uniformly eosinophilic staining islands.
One of these islands is under the bright orange-yellow pointer in the middle.
The more eosinophilic, less cellular areas represent new islands of bone formation within the fibrous matrix of this tumor.
These eosinophilic material is osteoid,the organic matrix of bone.
(Description By:T.V.Rajan, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:T.V.Rajan, M.D. UCHC )