Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

March 2004, Case 403-2. Quiz set! Click here to see.

A large cerebellar mass.

Clinical information: Click thumbnails to see pictures.

The patient was admitted to our hospital because of a large cerebellar mass that was diagnosed in an outside institution. A surgery was performed. The followings are the representative photos of this mass.

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Panel A was a cytologic preparation (squash preparation) and Panel B was the frozen section obtained on intraoperative consultation respectively. Panel C, D, and E were permanent sections obtained from representative areas. Panel F, G and H were cerebellar tissue that was included in the specimen.

Questions:

• What is the approximate age of this patient?
• What is your diagnosis?
• How would you confirm your diagnosis? Discussion

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