The patient went on to have surgery and resection of the mass. 

Histology

Sections show a tumour comprised of cells with small rounded nuclei with a moderate degree of pleomorphism. Some hyperchromatic nuclei are present, some of these with eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions. Cells show minimal cytoplasm but show elongated cell processes. In many areas the tumour shows anuclear zones. Mitoses are rare (there is only one seen in all of the sections). There is no endothelial proliferation and there is no necrosis. Immunohistochemistry shows that the tumour is strongly positive for synaptophysin and focally positive for neuron-specific enolase. Many of the tumour cells are positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).

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