Image: Anaplastic astrocytoma - gfap - very high mag

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Description: Very high magnification micrograph of an anaplastic astrocytoma. GFAP immunostain. The typical features are present: Marked nuclear atypia. Elongated nuclei (consistent with derivation from an astrocyte ). Mitoses. Fine fibrillary processes (consistent with a glial cell population). Cytoplasmic staining of atypical cells with GFAP. p53 immunohistochemical stain positivity. High proliferative rate based on Ki-67 staining. Related images Low mag. Intermed. mag. High mag. Very high mag. Ki-67. High mag. p53. Very high mag.
Title: Anaplastic astrocytoma - gfap - very high mag
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