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Gemistocytic astrocytoma, H&E stain x 100

Last updated on Friday, April 3 2009 by gliageek

Gemistocytic astrocytoma, H&E stain x 100

"Gemistos" is derived from the greek word meaning "filled up". The presence of significant numbers of gemistocytic astrocytes generally portends a more aggressive course similar to that of anaplastic astrocytomas.

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Gemistocytic Astrocytoma H&E with arrow

Gemistocytic Astrocytoma H&E with arrow
This is a gemisticytic astrocytoma. The unnecessarily large green arrow points to a gemistocytic astrocyte. Note the bigness of the cell, and the large volume of pink cytoplasm compared to the nucleus.

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