Case Report

Psoas Muscle Infiltration Masquerading Distant Adenocarcinoma

Figure 3

(H&E, 20x) CT-guided psoas muscle biopsy showing tumor cells in the dense fibroconnective tissue with background lymphocytes. The individual tumor cells are atypical, pleomorphic, and hyperchromatic in an infiltrative pattern and were cytokeratin positive, confirming the diagnosis of metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma.
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