A 64 year old male with a long history of tobacco use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was referred to the hospital from Guam for the treatment of a right upper lobe lung mass. A right upper lobectomy was done.

Pleura

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The specimen contained a 1.9 cm poorly differentiated non-small cell carcinoma immediately beneath the puckered pleural surface.

Is visceral pleural invasion present?