Colorectal Cancer Histopathology Images

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Well differentiated tumour (x2)

Tumour invasion - Tumour almost at circumferential resection margin

Moderately differentiated tumour (x2)

Tumour invasion - Involved lymph node at circumferential resection margin

Poorly differentiated tumour (x2)

Tumour invasion - Tumour at circumferential resection margin

Poorly differentiated tumour (x10)

Tumour invasion - Tumour deposit at circumferential resection margin

Poorly differentiated tumour (x20)

Smooth contour of a soft tissue deposit

Moderately differentiated tumour - mucinous pools remaining after radiotherapy

Excised liver metastasis

Tumour invasion - Tumour almost at serosa (x2)

Vascular invasion

Tumour invasion - Tumour almost at serosa (x20)

Lymphatic invasion

Tumour invasion - Serosal involvement of tumour

Perineural invasion

Tumour invasion - Serosal involvement of tumour

Crohn's rosary-like infiltrate

Perforated rectal tumour

Positive MSH2 staining for mismatch repair deficiency (MMRD) (x10)

Negative MLH1 staining for mismatch repair deficiency (MMRD) (x20)

Negative PMS2 staining for mismatch repair deficiency (MMRD) (x20)

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