A 40 year-old Man with Back Pain and a Sacral Mass.
November, 2004, Case 411-3. Home Page

Clinical informationThe 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.             

   
A.
Squash
B.
Squash
C.
Squash
D.
Frozen
   
   
G.
Frozen
H. I. J.    

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