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**#Neuropil centre is larger in pineocytoma.
**#Neuropil centre is larger in pineocytoma.
**#Edge of neuropil meshwork irregular.
**#Edge of neuropil meshwork irregular.
Notes:
*Rosette = circular/flower-like arrangement of cells.
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineocytoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg Pineocytoma - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineocytoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg Pineocytoma - very high mag. (WC)].


===IHC===
===IHC===
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*Chromogranin A -ve.
*Chromogranin A -ve.
*NSE +ve (cytoplasmic + nuclear).<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case157/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case157/dx.html]. Accessed on: 9 December 2010.</ref>
*NSE +ve (cytoplasmic + nuclear).<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case157/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case157/dx.html]. Accessed on: 9 December 2010.</ref>
*GFAP -ve.
*GFAP -ve.
**+ve in gliomas.
*PLAP -ve.
*PLAP -ve.
**Usu. +ve in germ cell tumours.
*Ki-67.
*Ki-67.


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