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[[Image:Clear cell renal cell carcinoma - 2 -- very high mag.jpg|thumb|right|[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]], a common carcinoma with clear cells. [[H&E stain]].]] | |||
'''Clear cell carcinoma''', also '''clear cell adenocarcinoma''', is an aggressive uncommon [[malignancy]] seen in the [[gynecologic pathology|gynecologic tract]], [[skin]] and elsewhere. | '''Clear cell carcinoma''', also '''clear cell adenocarcinoma''', is an aggressive uncommon [[malignancy]] seen in the [[gynecologic pathology|gynecologic tract]], [[skin]] and elsewhere. | ||
A broader [[differential diagnosis]] for clear cell tumours is found in the ''[[clear cell tumours]]'' article. | |||
==Gynecologic pathology== | ==Gynecologic pathology== | ||
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*[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]]. | *[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma]]. | *[[Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma]]. | ||
Among others, clear cells may be seen in: | |||
*[[Xp11.2 translocation carcinoma]]. | |||
==Head and neck pathology== | ==Head and neck pathology== | ||
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{{Main|Salivary gland}} | {{Main|Salivary gland}} | ||
*Rare. | *Rare. | ||
*Some consider | *Some consider clear cell carcinoma of the salivary gland a variant of ''[[epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma]]''.<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> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||