Clear cell tumour

Clear cell tumours are part of the surface epithelial-stromal tumourgroup of ovarian neoplasms, accounting for 6% of all neoplastic cases. Benignand borderlinevariants of this neoplasm are rare, and most cases are malignant. Typically, they are cystic neoplasms with polypoid masses that protrude into the cyst.

On microscopicpathologicalexamination, they are composed of cells with clear cytoplasm(that contains glycogen) and hob nail cells (from which the glycogen has been secreted). The pattern may be glandular, papillary or solid.

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