Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • 2 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 3 Subang Jaya Medical Centre
Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 2006;28(2):113-116.
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Abstract

We report a case of clear cell sugar tumour of the lung (CCTL) occurring in a 26-year-old lady. The patient was asymptomatic and the lesion was picked up in the course of a pre-employment medical examination. A well-defined 5 cm nodule in the right lower lobe was detected on routine chest X-Ray. Microscopical examination of the coin lesion showed clear cells containing abundant diastase-sensitive intracytoplasmic glycogen, as demonstrated with periodic acid-Schiff stains. Tumour immunoreactivity for HMB-45 and non-reactivity for cytokeratin support the histological diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of CCTL in Malaysia.