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**AKA ''MART-1''.
**AKA ''MART-1''.
**Expressed in melanoma, adrenal tissue, steroid-secreting tumours.
**Expressed in melanoma, adrenal tissue, steroid-secreting tumours.
==Sertoli cell tumour==
*Arises from ''Sertoli cells'' ([[AKA]] nurse cells).
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Groups of cells in ''chords'' or ''trabeculae'' (beam-like arrangement).
*Cells have:
**Light staining bubbly cytoplasm +/- large cytoplasmic vacuoles.
**Slightly irregular nucleoli.
**Granular irregular appearing chromatin.
Negatives:
*Mitoses are rare.
*No significant nuclear atypia.
Image(s):
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sertoli_cell_tumour_high_mag.jpg Sertoli cell tumour - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sertoli_cell_tumour_low_mag.jpg Sertoli cell tumour - low mag. (WC)].


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