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Images in Clinical Medicine
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Volume 332:718 March 16, 1995 Number 11
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Tripolar Mitotic Figure

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  		Figure 1. Dysfunctional tripolar mitotic figures usually indicate neoplasia. The cell shown here, however, represents an abnormal but nonneoplastic astrocyte, presumably infected with papovirus, in a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. (Hematoxylin and eosin, x1500.)

 


Robert E. Mrak, M.D., Ph.D.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Little Rock, AR 72205



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