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SPICES, School of Medical Sciences  |  Health Campus, USM

The exhibit displays brain with few foci of metastatic malignant tumor infiltrating the brain parenchyma. It shows variable size of metastatic foci with heterogenous tan to brownish surface.

Section shows infiltrating malignant cells arranged in gland producing mucin. The cells displaying mild pleomorphism, round to oval nuclei shaped and moderate amount of eosinophilic cytoplasm. Adjacent glial tissue noted.

Metastasis mucin secreting adenocarcinoma