General
and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
Slide 176: Lymph Node with Metastatic Seminoma
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You just have to believe us
that this was a lymph node at one time. It's all but totally replaced with
metastatic seminoma.
See this slide with the
virtual microscope. |
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The seminoma cells
may not be as easy to see as you think. Some will be very large and have
vesicular nuclei and others may seem to disappear right into the lymphocytic
background. The node is largely replaced so practically everywhere you look
you should see tumor. Some of the smaller cells may resemble lymphocytes,
a feature that sometimes makes it hard to diagnose if only a very small portion
of the node is replaced. You have other such tumors in your set to compare
this one with. |
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