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Washington University Experience | VASCULAR | Infarct - Subacute | 5A1 Infarct edge (Case 5) H&E c

Case 5 History ---- The patient was a 6 year old boy who presented with a one week history of headaches. Symptoms came on suddenly while the child was playing. Subsequent neuroimaging studies revealed a large hemorrhagic right temporal parietal lobe mass which proved to be an infarct; however, no reason was discovered to explain its pathogenesis. ---- 5A1,2 The margin of the infarct is sharp edged and composed of a confluent sea of macrophages, seen at higher magnification in 5A2. (H&E)

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