| An 18 year-old Woman with
a Large Mediastinal Mass. October, 2003, Case 310-3. Home Page |
Additional information: A surgery was performed and yielded a 9.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm encapsulated mass with attached soft tissue that appeared to be thymic tissue on subsequent microscopic examination. The mass had a gray-yellow, solid cut surface with multifocal hemorrhage and necrosis. The capsule was largely intact with no macroscopic evidence of penetration identified. The following pictures are taken from the surgical specimens.
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M. PAS |
PAS: Periodic acid Schiff reaction.
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