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chromophil

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chro·mo·phil  (krm-fl)
adj. also chro·mo·phil·ic (-flk)
Readily stained with dyes. Used of a cell or cell structure.
n.
A chromophil cell or cell structure.
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Because of the reported pitfall of mistaking the epithelioid cell-predominant variant of renal angiomyolipoma for renal cell carcinoma, 8 renal cell carcinoma control cases, with epithelioid cells having abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm representing (solid) chromophil, chromophobe, clear cell, or not otherwise specified types, were also included.
Renal Angiomyolipoma: Further Immunophenotypic Characterization of an ... by Stone, Chad H.; Lee, Min W.; Amin, Mahul B.; Yaziji, Hadi; Gown, Allen M.; Ro, Jae Y.; Tetu, Bernard / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Typical chromophobe and chromophil renal cell carcinomas also contain such vesicles, but to a much lesser extent.
Myospherulosis in Renal Cell Carcinoma by Chau, Kai Y.; Pretorius, Janli M.; Stewart, Alistair W. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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