| A 40 year-old Man with Back
Pain and a Sacral Mass. November, 2004, Case 411-3. Home Page |
Clinical information: The patient was a 40 year-old man with back pain for a long but unknown duration of time. MRI revealed a sharply circumscribed, lobulated, brightly enhancing, 3 cm mass in the cauda equina. The mass was removed and the followings are representative photomicrographs from the specimen. Panel A to C are taken from intraoperative cytologic preparation, D and E are taken from frozen section, F to H are taken from permanent sections.
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A. Squash |
B. Squash |
C. Squash |
D. Frozen |
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G. Frozen |
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