Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
A 45 year-old man with new onset seizure and an enhancing mass in the brain.
Clinical information: The patient was a 45 year-old man who complained of headache and two attach of seizures in the past four months. On MTI, there was a 3 cm enhancing, plaque like mass in the parietal lobe. It was not certain whether the mass was extra-axial or intra-axial but meningioima was suspected. The mass appeared tightly adhered to the underlying brain parenchyma upon surgical resection. The following images were obtained from the resected specimen.
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