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'''Clear cell tumours''' are found in a number of organs.  Thus, it is important to have a list of 'em in one's head so one doesn't misdiagnose something.
'''Clear cell tumours''' are found in a number of organs.  Thus, it is important to have a list of 'em in one's head so one doesn't misdiagnose something.


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==Clear cell in the name==
Skin:
*[[Clear cell carcinoma]] of the skin.
*[[Clear cell carcinoma]] of the skin.
Gynecologic tract:
*[[Clear cell carcinoma]] of the gynecologic tract.
*[[Clear cell carcinoma]] of the gynecologic tract.
*Clear cell [[renal cell carcinoma]].
 
*Clear cell variant of hepatocellular carcinoma.<ref name=pmid10955454>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Murakata | first1 = LA. | last2 = Ishak | first2 = KG. | last3 = Nzeako | first3 = UC. | title = Clear cell carcinoma of the liver: a comparative immunohistochemical study with renal clear cell carcinoma. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 13 | issue = 8 | pages = 874-81 | month = Aug | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880156 | PMID = 10955454 }}</ref>
Genitourinary tract:
*[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
 
Gastrointestinal tract:
*Clear cell variant of [[hepatocellular carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid10955454>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Murakata | first1 = LA. | last2 = Ishak | first2 = KG. | last3 = Nzeako | first3 = UC. | title = Clear cell carcinoma of the liver: a comparative immunohistochemical study with renal clear cell carcinoma. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 13 | issue = 8 | pages = 874-81 | month = Aug | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880156 | PMID = 10955454 }}</ref>
 
Head and neck pathology:
*Clear cell carcinoma of the [[salivary gland]].<ref name=pmid12033955>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wang | first1 = B. | last2 = Brandwein | first2 = M. | last3 = Gordon | first3 = R. | last4 = Robinson | first4 = R. | last5 = Urken | first5 = M. | last6 = Zarbo | first6 = RJ. | title = Primary salivary clear cell tumors--a diagnostic approach: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 20 patients with clear cell carcinoma, clear cell myoepithelial carcinoma, and epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 126 | issue = 6 | pages = 676-85 | month = Jun | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1043/0003-9985(2002)1260676:PSCCTA2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 12033955 }}</ref>
*Clear cell carcinoma of the [[salivary gland]].<ref name=pmid12033955>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wang | first1 = B. | last2 = Brandwein | first2 = M. | last3 = Gordon | first3 = R. | last4 = Robinson | first4 = R. | last5 = Urken | first5 = M. | last6 = Zarbo | first6 = RJ. | title = Primary salivary clear cell tumors--a diagnostic approach: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 20 patients with clear cell carcinoma, clear cell myoepithelial carcinoma, and epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 126 | issue = 6 | pages = 676-85 | month = Jun | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1043/0003-9985(2002)1260676:PSCCTA2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 12033955 }}</ref>
Soft tissue pathology:
*[[Clear cell sarcoma]].
*[[Clear cell sarcoma]].
==Other tumours with clear cytoplasm==
*[[Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Sebaceous carcinoma]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 18:26, 29 January 2012

Clear cell tumours are found in a number of organs. Thus, it is important to have a list of 'em in one's head so one doesn't misdiagnose something.

Clear cell in the name

Skin:

Gynecologic tract:

Genitourinary tract:

Gastrointestinal tract:

Head and neck pathology:

Soft tissue pathology:

Other tumours with clear cytoplasm

See also

References

  1. Murakata, LA.; Ishak, KG.; Nzeako, UC. (Aug 2000). "Clear cell carcinoma of the liver: a comparative immunohistochemical study with renal clear cell carcinoma.". Mod Pathol 13 (8): 874-81. doi:10.1038/modpathol.3880156. PMID 10955454.
  2. Wang, B.; Brandwein, M.; Gordon, R.; Robinson, R.; Urken, M.; Zarbo, RJ. (Jun 2002). "Primary salivary clear cell tumors--a diagnostic approach: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 20 patients with clear cell carcinoma, clear cell myoepithelial carcinoma, and epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 126 (6): 676-85. doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2002)1260676:PSCCTA2.0.CO;2. PMID 12033955.