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dark cell (compact cell)
Acidophilic cytoplasm contains lipochrome pigment. Dark cells secrete glucocorticoids & androgens. Dark cells predominate in adrenal cortex during stress.
General
epithelial cell
Properties
WITHIN: zona reticularis
References
Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease,
W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1989 pg 1249