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carcinoma
(redirected from Clear cell carcinoma)

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carcinoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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Clear cell carcinoma of the skin: a variant of the squamous cell carcinoma that simulates sebaceous carcinoma.
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The histologic appearance of a renal cell carcinoma also varies according to its pathologic variants, the most common being a clear cell carcinoma (clear border of the cell, round or oval nuclei, and empty cytoplasm).
 
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