PMC4608171_01
A - Lateral cervical spine radiography showing lytic lesion in C6 (arrow); B - Cervical computed tomography (CT) (bone window) showing vertebral body and left pedicle lytic lesion; C - Cervical CT (soft tissue window) showing the tumoral mass with heterogeneous contrast enhancement; D - Parietal nodular lesion that shows contrast enhancement, consistent with metastasis.
autopsy-05-01033-g01.jpg
PMC4608171_01_autopsy-05-01033-g01.jpg
g01
The cervical spine radiography disclosed a lytic lesion in the vertebral body of C6 characterized as a ghost vertebra, consistent with bone metastasis (Figure 1A). The cervical spine computed tomography (CT) depicted a tumor mass (Figure 1B and 1C), which cytological examination of the fine needle aspirate was consistent with an undifferentiated carcinoma (Figure 2). The brain CT revealed the presence of a left parietal nodular lesion (Figure 1D).
Photomicrography of the fine needle aspiration cytology showing the presence of non-differentiated malignancy (H&E, 400X).
autopsy-05-01033-g02.jpg
PMC4608171_01_autopsy-05-01033-g02.jpg
g02
The cervical spine computed tomography (CT) depicted a tumor mass (Figure 1B and 1C), which cytological examination of the fine needle aspirate was consistent with an undifferentiated carcinoma (Figure 2).