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Washington University Experience | NEOPLASMS (METASTASES) | Microscopic | 54A1 Metastasis, mucinous lung CA (Case 54) H&E 4X
Case 54 History ---- The patient is a 56-year-old woman presented with cognitive decline and unstable walking for one year. MRI (5/2021) showed multiple intra-axial masses with mixed cystic and enhancing solid components. The patient was treated with resection of a left-sided temporoparietal mass. ---- 54A1-3 The tumor is a metastatic adenocarcinoma arranged in cystic, glandular and cribriform patterns and exhibits prominent mucinous features and tumor necrosis. The surrounding brain parenchyma exhibits mild astrocytosis and is sharply demarcated from tumor.
