Clinical history
45 year old woman with a lesion in the left temporal lobe.
Primary image
Supratentorial lesion. H&E stain .
Intermediate magnification
Intermediate magnification. H&E stain .
High magnification
High magnification. H&E stain .
Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, pilomyxoid astrocytoma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor
Additional tests
More history
More history
The lesion shows no enhancement after CM application.
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Extensive microcyst formations and mucoid degeneration is indicative of a protoplasmic glial brain tumor.
Stains
Alcian blue/PAS to Bilirubin Test Result
Alcian blue/PAS I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Alican blue pH 1.0 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Alcian blue pH 2.5 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Auramine I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Bielchowsky I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Bilirubin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Colloidal iron to Fontana-Masson Test Result
Colloidal iron I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Congo red I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Cresyl violet I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Dieterle I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Diff Quik I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Fontana-Masson I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Gallyas to Gremelius Test Result
Gallyas I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Giemsa I'm sorry but this is of no help.
GMS I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Gomori's trichrome I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Gram I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Gremelius I'm sorry but this is of no help.
JMS to Mucicarmine Test Result
JMS I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Jones I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Kinyoun I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Luxol fast blue I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Masson trichrome I'm sorry but this is of no help.
M-MAS I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Movat I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Mucicarmine I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Oil red O to Prussian blue Test Result
Oil red O I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Orecein I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PAS I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PASD I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PASF I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PTAH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Prussian blue I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Reticulin to Ziehl-Neelsen Test Result
Reticulin This stain highlights the capillaries within the tumor
Sudan black B I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Toluidine blue I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Verhoeff I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Von Kossa I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Warthin-Starry I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Ziehl-Neeslen I'm sorry but this is of no help.
IHC
Alpha-1 AT to Cathepsin K Test Result
alpha-1 AT I'm sorry but this is of no help.
ACTH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
AE1/AE1 NEGATIVE
alpha-fetoprotein I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Alk-I I'm sorry but this is of no help.
AMACR I'm sorry but this is of no help.
AR I'm sorry but this is of no help.
ATRX
Beta2-microglobulin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
B72.3 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Beta-catenin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
BCL2 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
BCL6 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
BCLxL I'm sorry but this is of no help.
C3 comp I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CA9 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Calcitonin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Calponin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Calretinin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CAM5.2 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Cathepsin K I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD10 to Chromogranin Test Result
CD10 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD117 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD138 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD15 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD1a I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD20 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD21 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD23 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD3 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD30 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD31 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD34 NEGATIVE
CD35 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD4 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD43 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD45 (LCA) NEGATIVE
CD5 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD56 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD57 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD68 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD7 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD79a I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD8 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CD99 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CDX2 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CEA-m I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Chromogranin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CK17 to Glypican 3 Test Result
CK17 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CK19 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CK20 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CK34betaE12 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CK5/6 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CK7 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
CMV I'm sorry but this is of no help.
c-MYC I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Cyclin D1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
D2-40 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Desmin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
DOG1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
EBV I'm sorry but this is of no help.
EMA NEGATIVE
ER and PR I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Factor VIII I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Factor XIIIa I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Fascin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
FH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
FSH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Gastrin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
GATA3 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
GCDFP-15 (BRST2) I'm sorry but this is of no help.
GFAP
GH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Glucagon I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Glypican-3 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HBME-1 to IgM Test Result
HBME-1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HBV core I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HBV surface I'm sorry but this is of no help.
H-caldesmon I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HCG I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Helicobacter I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Hepatocyte I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HER2/neu I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HHV-8 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HMB-45 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HNF1beta I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HPV I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HSV-I I'm sorry but this is of no help.
HSV-II I'm sorry but this is of no help.
IDH-1
Inhibin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
INI1 (BAF47)I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Insulin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Kappa I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Ki-67
Lambda I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Leu 7 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
IgA I'm sorry but this is of no help.
IgG I'm sorry but this is of no help.
IgM I'm sorry but this is of no help.
LH to PDGFR Test Result
LH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
LIN28 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Lysozyme I'm sorry but this is of no help.
mammoglobin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
MAP2
MCV I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Melanin A I'm sorry but this is of no help.
MHC class I I'm sorry but this is of no help.
MITF I'm sorry but this is of no help.
MUM1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Myeloperoxidase I'm sorry but this is of no help.
MYO D1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Myoglobin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Napsin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
NF NEGATIVE
NKX3.1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
NSE NEGATIVE
OCT3/4 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
p16 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
P501S I'm sorry but this is of no help.
p53 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
p57 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
p63 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Pankeratin NEGATIVE
PAX2 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PAX5 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PAX8 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PCNA I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PDGFR I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PLAP to WT1 Test Result
PLAP I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PNL-2C I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Prolactin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PSA I'm sorry but this is of no help.
PSAP I'm sorry but this is of no help.
RCC I'm sorry but this is of no help.
S-100 POSITIVE
SALL4 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Smooth muscle actin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Somatostatin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
STAT6 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Synaptophysin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
TdT I'm sorry but this is of no help.
TFE3 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
TFEB I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Thyroglobulin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Toxoplasma I'm sorry but this is of no help.
TSH I'm sorry but this is of no help.
TTF-1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Ubiquitin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
UCHL1 (PGP9.5) I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Ulex Europaeus I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Vimentin I'm sorry but this is of no help.
VIP I'm sorry but this is of no help.
VZV I'm sorry but this is of no help.
WT-1 I'm sorry but this is of no help.
Other molecular tests
Molecular tests (A-B) Test Result
ALK sequencing Dr Torres would ask why!
B cell clonality Southern / PCR Dr Torres would ask why!
BCL2 PCR Dr Torres would ask why!
BRAF sequencing Dr Torres would ask why!
Molecular tests (C-H) Test Result
EBV PCR Dr Torres would ask why!
EGRF sequencing Dr Torres would ask why!
H3F3A sequencing NEGATIVE
HHV-8 PCR Dr Torres would ask why!
Molecular tests (I-J) Test Result
Identity testing PCR Dr Torres would ask why!
IDH1/2 PCR IDH1 R132H mutation
JAK2 V617F ARMS Dr Torres would ask why!
Molecular tests (K-Z) Test Result
KIT sequencing Dr Torres would ask why!
LOH 1p/19q PCR NEGATIVE
T cell clonality Southern / PCR Dr Torres would ask why!
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Diffuse Astrocytoma , WHO grade II. Comment: This protoplasmic variant has scant GFAP expression and thus is often misdiagnosed as oligodendroglioma, but nuclear ATRX loss and absence of deletions in chromosomal arms 1p/19q confirm the diagnosis.
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