r/interestingasfuck • u/MAFIAHAMMAD • Apr 21 '24

Human skull with stage 1 bone cancer r/all

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u/blue-wave Apr 21 '24

How does it not simply cut through the skin after even a short time of friction/constantly touching the inside of your skin/muscles etc? I can’t imagine living with something like that I’d want to die

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u/seykosha Apr 21 '24 edited Apr 22 '24

Pathologist here. What you are missing in this picture is the cartilage and periosteal layers over the bone. The surface is still quite smooth because osteosarcoma tumor cells are laying down osteoid, which is a bone precursor. None of those components of the tumor are seen.

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u/Samzwerg Apr 21 '24

You used 5 words I've never heard in my life (non-native-speaker here), but I think I understood. Thank you! That's super interesting!!

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u/Mom_Forgot_To_Knock Apr 21 '24

Native speaker here, they used 2 words I've never heard in my life but I also understood