TABLE 2.

Final pathology tissue diagnosis from specimens obtained at the time of operation.

Patient	Final Tissue Diagnosis
1*	Coagulative Necrosis
2a*	Acute inflammation with areas of histiocytic and fibrotic appearance.
2b	Coagulative Necrosis. No acute/chronic inflammation
3	Necrosis, acute and chronic inflammation and fibrinopurulent exudate
4	Dense fibrous tissue with chronic inflammation, focal granulomatous inflammation and foreign body giant cell reaction and necrosis.
5	Aseptic lymphocytic vasculitis associated lesion
6	Necrotic tissue without significant associated inflammation
7	Necrotic tissue. No viable synovium or acute inflammation identified.
8*	Fibrovascular tissue w/mixed acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrate. Focal areas of dense perivascular lymphocytic aggregates

^*denotes infected cases.