A 69-year-old Hispanic female presents to the orthopedic clinic with bilateral osteoarthritic knee pain x 2 months. The patient states that the pain is worse when she is walking upstairs or standing up from her couch. In the past she has tried Tylenol and Cortisone injections to alleviate the pain but now she cannot find any relief. Plain film x-rays show the proximal tibia to be denser and more ivory than the rest of the bones. What is the name of this finding?

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The phenonmenon know as eburnation is characterized not only by dense bone at the articular surface, but also by marked sclerosis of the subchondral cancellous bone and an ivory appearance of the epiphysis. Therefore, answer B is correct.

A 69-Year-Old Hispanic Female Presents to the Orthopedic Clinic with Bilateral