Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor

uploaded on: Apr 02, 2009
by: jdmiles

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This is a gross brain specimen. We are viewing the ventral aspect. Normal cerebellum is visible on your right. The unnecessarily large green arrow on your left points to the Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT). Although they may arise elsewhere, ATRTs most frequently arise in the posterior fossa.

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