| Case 222 | Surgical Pathology Case |
| CLINICAL INFORMATION | ||
| 65-year-old female, right breast mass. | ||
| GROSS DESCRIPTION | ||
| The specimen consists of one partial mastectomy with a 4.0 × 3.2 cm skin ellipse. The entire specimen measures 6.0 × 5.0 × 3.0 cm and weighs 36 grams. The skin surface is unremarkable. Serially sections through the specimen reveals a 1.9 × 1.7 cm well circumscribed tumor nodule that is 0.3 cm underneath the skin and 0.3 cm from the superior margin. The cut surface of the tumor is gray-pink and gelatinous. | ||
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| HE, 2× | HE, 2× | |
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| HE, 4× | HE, 10× | |
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| HE, 40× | HE, 40× | |
| Source: Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE Photo: Zenggang Pan Discussion: Zenggang Pan | ||