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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* [[Hobnail morphology]] | * [[Hobnail morphology]] - apical surface larger than basal surface.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/ovary.html http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/ovary.html]. Accessed on: 8 February 2011.</ref> -- key feature | ||
** "Nuclei bulge into the lumen". | **"Nuclei bulge into the lumen". | ||
* Hyaline droplet -- common, as in ''clear cell [[renal cell carcinoma]]'' | *Hyaline droplet -- common, as in ''clear cell [[renal cell carcinoma]]''. | ||
* Clear cells -- cytoplasm is clear. | *Clear cells -- cytoplasm is clear. | ||
Note: | Note: | ||
*Clear cell adenocarcinoma does not have to have clear cells... yes, this is stupid; it is like ''papillary thyroid carcinoma'' | *Clear cell adenocarcinoma does not have to have clear cells... yes, this is stupid; it is like ''papillary thyroid carcinoma'' -- which often isn't papillary. | ||
==Brenner tumour== | ==Brenner tumour== | ||