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Fig. 4 | BMC Neurology

Fig. 4

From: Anterior sacral meningocele infected with Fusobacterium in a patient with recently diagnosed colorectal carcinoma – a case report

Fig. 4

Neuropathologic findings. Histology of the tissue sample. (a) Overview of the tissue consisting of cell debris with sparse organisation (scale bar 500 μm, HE) and (b) detail (scale bar 100 μm). (c) Central nervous tissue (scale bar 100 μm, GFAP) as well as (d) infiltrative carcinoma cells (scale bar 100 μm, panCK) were absent. (e) The specimen were infiltrated by leukocytes and macrophages (scale bar 100 μm, CD45). (f) There were few EMA positive flat cells indicating presence of meningeal cell layer as a wall of the meningocele (scale bar 100 μm, EMA)

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