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Washington University Experience | VASCULAR | Hypoxia-Ischemia, fetal-neonatal | Porencephaly | 5A2 Porencephaly (Case 5) C4 H&E 4X
5A2,3 The superficial cortico-meningeal wall of the cyst consists of congested leptomeninges containing numerous, dysplastic glial nodules and occasional foamy macrophages. There is a sharp transition zone between the superficial wall and the normal cerebral cortex. The white matter surrounding the cyst shows marked astrocytosis and pallor.