Horned dinosaur Centrosaurus apertus shin bone (fibula) with malignant bone cancer (osteosarcoma) (IMAGE)

Royal Ontario Museum

Horned dinosaur Centrosaurus apertus shin bone (fibula) with malignant bone cancer (osteosarcoma)

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The main tumour mass is at the top of the bone, and can be seen on the 3D reconstruction in yellow; red gray is the normal bone and red denotes the medullary cavity

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Credit: Centrosaurus diagram by Danielle Dufault. Courtesy of Royal Ontario Museum. © Royal Ontario Museum/McMaster University

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