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| Micro = usu. well-demarcated border between brain and lesion, no cytoplasmic processes (seen in glial tumours), usu. have [[nuclear atypia]] of malignancy, +/-glandular architecture, +/-nucleoli seen | | Micro = usu. well-demarcated border between brain and lesion, no cytoplasmic processes (seen in glial tumours), usu. have [[nuclear atypia]] of malignancy, +/-glandular architecture, +/-nucleoli seen | ||
| Subtypes = | | Subtypes = | ||
| LMDDx = primary brain tumour - see ''[[primary brain tumour versus secondary brain tumour]]'' | | LMDDx = primary brain tumour - see ''[[Neuropathology_tumours#Primary_versus_secondary|primary brain tumour versus secondary brain tumour]]'' | ||
| Stains = | | Stains = | ||
| IHC = GFAP -ve, dependent on primary - typical +ve for keratins (as carcinoma) | | IHC = GFAP -ve, dependent on primary - typical +ve for keratins (as carcinoma) | ||