Clear cell carcinoma
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Clear cell carcinoma, also clear cell adenocarcinoma, is an aggressive uncommon malignancy seen in the gynecologic tract and skin.
Ovary
Cervix
Vagina
Urethra
Skin
Clear cell variant of hepatocellular carcinoma
Main article: Hepatocellular carcinoma
Morphologically, it may be similar to clear cell renal cell carcinoma.[1]
Renal cell carcinoma
These aren't always grouped with clear cell carcinoma... but they have clear cell in the name:
Head and neck pathology
Main article: Head and neck pathology
Salivary gland
Main article: Salivary gland
- Rare.
- Some consider it a variant of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.