| chromophobe |
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| chromophobe a. |
a pituitary adenoma composed of cells that lack acidophilic or basophilic granules; this is the same entity as the more precisely named null-cell a.
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| chromophobe c.’s |
small, faintly staining cells with scanty cytoplasm found often in clusters in the center of the cell cords in the adenohypophysis; their cytoplasm was formerly thought to be nongranular, but the granules are now known to be simply small and sparse. These cells are increased in chromophobic or null-cell adenomas. Called also C c's, chief c's, and gamma c's of hypophysis.
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