Department of Pathology (Museum)

N22-2A Cerebellar Astrocytoma


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Description ‎Craniopharyngioma.‎
Author Department of Pathology
Copyright Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine

Specimen:

Section in the cerebellum.

 

Gross Pathology:

1.  The cut section shows a cyst filled with liquefied gelatinous tissue.

2.  The upper part of the cyst shows a greyish white nodule projecting inside the cyst cavity (mural nodule).

 

Diagnosis:

Cerebellar astrocytoma.

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