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'''Unclassified renal cell carcinoma''', abbreviated '''URCC''', is a [[malignant]] epithelial tumour arising from the kidney parenchyma, i.e. a [[renal cell carcinoma]], that cannot be further classified. | '''Unclassified renal cell carcinoma''', abbreviated '''URCC''', is a [[malignant]] epithelial tumour arising from the [[kidney]] parenchyma, i.e. a [[renal cell carcinoma]], that cannot be further classified. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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*Worse prognosis than [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid17822461>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karakiewicz | first1 = PI. | last2 = Hutterer | first2 = GC. | last3 = Trinh | first3 = QD. | last4 = Pantuck | first4 = AJ. | last5 = Klatte | first5 = T. | last6 = Lam | first6 = JS. | last7 = Guille | first7 = F. | last8 = de La Taille | first8 = A. | last9 = Novara | first9 = G. | title = Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 100 | issue = 4 | pages = 802-8 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07148.x | PMID = 17822461 }}</ref> | *Worse prognosis than [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid17822461>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karakiewicz | first1 = PI. | last2 = Hutterer | first2 = GC. | last3 = Trinh | first3 = QD. | last4 = Pantuck | first4 = AJ. | last5 = Klatte | first5 = T. | last6 = Lam | first6 = JS. | last7 = Guille | first7 = F. | last8 = de La Taille | first8 = A. | last9 = Novara | first9 = G. | title = Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 100 | issue = 4 | pages = 802-8 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07148.x | PMID = 17822461 }}</ref> | ||
*High variation in the prevalence (when comparing institutions); this suggests a lack of uniformity in the diagnosis of this subtype.<ref name=pmid17822461/> | *High variation in the prevalence (when comparing institutions); this suggests a lack of uniformity in the diagnosis of this subtype.<ref name=pmid17822461/> | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Mass lesion arising from the kidney - solid and/or cystic. | |||
**Confined to kidney or predominantly within the kidney. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||