CNS: FIBRILLARY OR "DIFFUSE" ASTROCYTIC NEOPLASM WITH DIFFERING DEGREES OF DIFFERENTIATION. A large area of dark magnetic resonance signal representing low-grade astrocytoma is present in the frontal lobe on the left. Higher-grade foci are apparent as the two white contrast-enhancing foci within this darker zone.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
1 June 2008 (upload date)
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