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clear cell (light cell)

A cell in which the cytoplasm appears empty on light microscopy. An abundance of cytoplasmic glycogen, not stained by H&E, results in a clear cell appearance. Clear cells of the adrenal contain fine vacuoles with cholesterol & cholesterol esters in cytoplasm; they secrete glucocorticoids & androgens.

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clear cell carcinoma

General

epithelial cell

Properties

WITHIN: zona fasciculata

References

  1. Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1989 pg 1249
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999