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*Commonly seen in association with ''nephrogenic rests''. | *Commonly seen in association with ''nephrogenic rests''. | ||
**Cluster of cells small (blue) cells.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970416-8 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970416-8]. Accessed on: 28 March 2011.</ref> | **Cluster of cells small (blue) cells; lack nuclear atypia seen in Wilms tumour.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970416-8 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970416-8]. Accessed on: 28 March 2011.</ref> | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*Metanephric adenoma. | *Metanephric adenoma. | ||
*Nephrogenic nests. | |||
*Other small round cell tumours. | *Other small round cell tumours. | ||
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*+/-Distinct nucleoli. (???) | *+/-Distinct nucleoli. (???) | ||
*Palisade = fence made of stakes driven into the ground.<ref>URL: [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/palisaded http://www.thefreedictionary.com/palisaded]. Accessed on: 2 February 2011.</ref> | *Palisade = fence made of stakes driven into the ground.<ref>URL: [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/palisaded http://www.thefreedictionary.com/palisaded]. Accessed on: 2 February 2011.</ref> | ||
*Approximately 30-40% Wilms tumour cases have nephrogenic rests.<ref name=pmid8047084>{{cite journal |author=Coppes MJ, Haber DA, Grundy PE |title=Genetic events in the development of Wilms' tumor |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=331 |issue=9 |pages=586–90 |year=1994 |month=September |pmid=8047084 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199409013310906 |url=}}</ref> | |||
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