The clear-cell variant of uterine epithelioid leiomyoma. An immunohistologic and ultrastructural study |
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| Authors: | K E Hyde K R Geisinger R B Marshall T L Jones |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. |
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A case of a rare uterine clear-cell epithelioid leiomyoma is presented, emphasizing immunohistologic and ultrastructural findings. The presence of actin, vimentin, desmin, muscle-specific antigen, and smooth-muscle-specific actin in tumor cells indicates a smooth-muscle origin, confirmed by electron microscopy. Numerous vacuolated mitochondria produced the cytoplasmic "clearing" on light microscopy. |
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