This low power view of a dysgerminoma highlights the solid nature of the neoplasm. The cells are not organized into any pattern. Delicate fibrovascular stroma courses through the neoplasm, recognizable either by RBC content or by the lymphocytes. Usually unilateral and confined to ovary.
Cells have round to oval nuclei, relatively clear cytoplasm, and well defined cell borders.
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