Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
Pathologist just called to confirm a cancer diagnosis from frozen section. High grade poorly differentiated sarcoma... Poss rhabdomyosarcoma poss liposarcoma poss malignant fibrohistiocytoma.
[quote=eyeFISH]

FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
I am attaching histology from permanent sections. What really threw me is the fish erythrocytes, which (apparently) are nucleated. What is shown, then, is a spindle cell malignant tumor with vascular spaces containing many red cells—a high grade angiosarcoma.


So the thing I found most interesting about this whole diagnostic dilemma was the erythrocytes (red blood cells)

When mature, yours and mine have no nucleus



Whereas those in fish never lose their nucleus…

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