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From: Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder initially diagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumor requiring combined resection of the rectum: a case report

Fig. 3

Histopathological analysis of the resected specimen involving the bladder, rectum, and prostate. a Gross appearance of the tumor. The tumor is surrounded by the bladder, rectum, and prostate. The tumor is 85 × 60 × 45 mm in size. (Black arrow, serosa side of the bladder; white arrowhead, tumor; asterisk, rectal mucosal surface; white arrow, prostate). b Gross appearance of the cut surface on the bladder side showing a well-circumscribed, yellowish-brown solid mass proliferating in the bladder muscularis and subserosal layers (black arrowhead: luminal side of the bladder). c Gross appearance of the cut surface on the rectal side. Inflammatory adhesions to the rectum are seen without any invasion (black arrow, luminal side of the rectum; white arrowhead, tumor)

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