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Fig. 2 | Diagnostic Pathology

Fig. 2

From: Liver metastases from pituitary carcinomas mimicking visceral well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors: a series of four cases

Fig. 2

a This photomicrograph of the previously resected pituitary lesion shows monotonous neoplastic cells (Original magnification × 200). b The neoplastic cells show diffuse expression of the nuclear neuroendocrine marker insulinoma associated protein (INSM1) (Original magnification × 200). c The liver shows nodules of tumor cells with moderate amounts of cytoplasm, clumped chromatin and variably prominent nucleoli (Original magnification × 200). Inset: Ki-67 shows an elevated proliferative rate of more than 10% (Original magnification × 200). d The neuroendocrine marker, INSM1 was diffusely positive in the tumor cells (original magnification × 200). e The transcription factor, T-PIT is diffusely positive confirming pituitary origin of the tumor cells (Original magnification × 100). f OSCAR cytokeratin also highlighted the tumor cells (Original magnification × 100)

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