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*[[Localized cystic disease of the kidney]]. | *[[Localized cystic disease of the kidney]]. | ||
*Cystic neoplasms/renal cell carcinoma: | *Cystic neoplasms/renal cell carcinoma: | ||
**Cystic [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]]. | **Cystic [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]] - thick septa with clear cells. | ||
**[[Multicystic renal cell neoplasm of low malignant potential]]. | **[[Multicystic renal cell neoplasm of low malignant potential]] - thin septa, clear cells within stroma. | ||
*Other [[cystic kidney disease]]s. | *Other [[cystic kidney disease]]s. | ||
Revision as of 19:52, 17 November 2015
Benign cortical cyst of the kidney is an extremely common benign kidney finding.
General
- Very common.
- Benign.
Gross
- Thin-walled cyst - usually filled with serous fluid.
- Usually unilocular.
Microscopic
Features:
- Simple epithelial lining without atypia.
- May have clear cells.
Note:
- Do not have clear cells within the wall of the cyst.[1]
DDx:
- Localized cystic disease of the kidney.
- Cystic neoplasms/renal cell carcinoma:
- Cystic clear cell renal cell carcinoma - thick septa with clear cells.
- Multicystic renal cell neoplasm of low malignant potential - thin septa, clear cells within stroma.
- Other cystic kidney diseases.
See also
References
- ↑ Epstein, Jonathan I.; Netto, George J. (2014). Differential Diagnoses in Surgical Pathology: Genitourinary System (1st ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 197. ISBN 978-1451189582.