| Case 170 | Surgical Pathology Case |
| CLINICAL INFORMATION | ||
| 75 year-old Caucasian had a significant medical history of prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and multiple urinary tract infections. | ||
| GROSS DESCRIPTION | ||
| The cut surfaces of the liver are uniformly red-brown with a subcapsular well-demarcated white-tan nodule measuring 0.9 × 0.7cm. The cut surface of the entire spine reveals multiple foci of gray-tan, poorly demarcated nodules ranging 0.5 to 1.7 cm in diameter. | ||
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| Liver nodule. HE, 2× | Liver nodule. HE, 10× | |
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| Liver nodule. HE, 10× | Liver nodule. HE, 20× | |
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| Bone marrow of vertebral body. HE, 10× | Bone marrow of vertebral body. HE, 20× | |
| Source: Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE Photo: Zenggang Pan Discussion: Zenggang Pan | ||