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*May be familial.
*May be familial.


===Microsopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1017-8>{{Ref PBoD|1017-8}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1017-8>{{Ref PBoD|1017-8}}</ref>
*Cuboidal or low columnar cell in papillae.
*Cuboidal or low columnar cell in papillae.
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Size criterion:
Size criterion:
*Papillary lesions '''''must''''' be >0.5 cm to be called ''carcinoma''; smaller lesions (<=0.5 cm) are called ''[[papillary adenoma]]s''.<ref name=Ref_GUP288>{{Ref GUP|288}}</ref>
*Papillary lesions '''''must''''' be >0.5 cm to be called ''carcinoma''; smaller lesions (<=0.5 cm) are called ''[[renal papillary adenoma|papillary adenoma]]s''.<ref name=Ref_GUP288>{{Ref GUP|288}}</ref>


Mnemonic ''HIP'':  '''h'''ighly vascular, '''i'''nterstitial foam cells, '''p'''apillae.
Mnemonic ''HIP'':  '''h'''ighly vascular, '''i'''nterstitial foam cells, '''p'''apillae.
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*[[Metanephric adenoma]] - esp. solid PRCC type 1.
*[[Metanephric adenoma]] - esp. solid PRCC type 1.
*[[Collecting duct carcinoma]] - esp. PRCC type 2.
*[[Collecting duct carcinoma]] - esp. PRCC type 2.
*[[Renal papillary adenoma]].


====Histological subtyping====
====Histological subtyping====
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