Prague Med. Rep. 2024, 125, 138-145

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2024.12

A Curious Case of Clear Cell Morphology in a Patient with Lung Cancer: Diagnostic Challenges

Alyssa Bonnier1, Mufaddal Najmuddin2, Michael D. Curry3, Anum Nida4, Biplab K. Saha5

1Department of Nursing, Goldfarb College of Nursing, Saint Louis, USA
2Department of Pathology, Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, USA
3Department of Pathology, University of Missouri Health Systems, Columbia, USA
4Department of Medicine, Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, USA
5Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Received August 30, 2022
Accepted May 7, 2024

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