Lobar pilocytic astrocytoma, H&E

uploaded on: Apr 04, 2009
by: jdmiles

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This is a low-power view of the pilocytic astrocytoma. The tumor is the region indicated by the unecessarily large green arrow. Compare to the relatively normal-appearing neuropil in the lower left corner. The tumor can be better seen in the higher-power (200x) image in this same series.

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