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31. Leiomyosarcoma: Difference between revisions
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The whole slide is just tumor, except in the upper right corner where there is some fat tissue, which is infiltrated by the tumor, indicating that it isn’t benign. There is coagulative necrosis, severe atypia and many mitotic figures. | The whole slide is just tumor, except in the upper right corner where there is some fat tissue, which is infiltrated by the tumor, indicating that it isn’t benign. There is coagulative necrosis, severe atypia and many mitotic figures. | ||
The tumor cells are spindle shaped with “cigar”-shaped nuclei.[[File:Leiomyosarcoma - infiltration.png|thumb|Tumour infiltrates the fat tissue]]'''Diagnosis''': Leimyosarcoma | The tumor cells are spindle shaped with “cigar”-shaped nuclei.[[File:Leiomyosarcoma - infiltration.png|thumb|Tumour infiltrates the fat tissue|283x283px]]'''Diagnosis''': Leimyosarcoma | ||
'''Causes''': | '''Causes''': | ||
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The presence of coagulative necrosis, severe atypia and many mitotic figures indicates that this is a malignant tumor and not a benign one. | The presence of coagulative necrosis, severe atypia and many mitotic figures indicates that this is a malignant tumor and not a benign one. | ||
[[File:Leiomyosarcoma - coagulation necrosis.png|thumb|Coagulation necrosis|left]] | [[File:Leiomyosarcoma - coagulation necrosis.png|thumb|Coagulation necrosis|left|271x271px]] | ||
[[File:Leiomyosarcoma - cigars.png|thumb|Cigar-shaped nuclei and mitotic figures]] | [[File:Leiomyosarcoma - cigars.png|thumb|Cigar-shaped nuclei and mitotic figures|282x282px]] | ||
[[File:Leiomyosarcoma - severe.png|thumb|I don’t think this atypia looks severe but apparently it is|left]] | [[File:Leiomyosarcoma - severe.png|thumb|I don’t think this atypia looks severe but apparently it is|left|263x263px]] | ||
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]] | [[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]] | ||