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Lobar pilocytic astrocytoma, H&E stain x40

Last updated on Tuesday, April 7 2009 by gliageek

Lobar pilocytic astrocytoma, H&E stain x40

As is characteristic by all CNS WHO grade 1 tumors, the lobar pilocytic astrocytoma is well demarcated from the surrounding brain parenchyma.

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Lobar pilocytic astrocytoma, H&E stain x40 with arrow
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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