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[[Image:Renal oncocytoma.jpg|thumb|250px|A kidney tumour ([[renal oncocytoma]]).]]
[[Image:Renal oncocytoma.jpg|thumb|250px|A kidney tumour ([[renal oncocytoma]]). (WC/Emmanuelm)]]
'''[[Kidney]] tumours''' - includes '''malignant kidney tumours''' and '''benign kidney tumours'''.  Medical renal diseases are dealt with in the [[medical renal diseases]] article.
'''[[Kidney]] tumours''' - includes '''malignant kidney tumours''' ('''kidney cancer''') and '''benign kidney tumours'''.  Medical renal diseases are dealt with in the [[medical renal diseases]] article.


Pediatric kidney tumours are dealt with in the ''[[pediatric kidney tumours]]'' article.
Pediatric kidney tumours are dealt with in the ''[[pediatric kidney tumours]]'' article.
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*[[Partial nephrectomy]].
*[[Partial nephrectomy]].
*[[Nephrectomy]].
*[[Nephrectomy]].
*Nephroureterectomy (includes ureter) - done for [[urothelial cell carcinoma]] (UCC) of the renal pelvis and ureteric UCC.
*[[Nephroureterectomy]] (includes [[ureter]]) - done for [[urothelial cell carcinoma]] (UCC) of the renal pelvis and ureteric UCC.
*[[Radical nephrectomy]] - includes Gerota's fascia.
*[[Radical nephrectomy]] - includes Gerota's fascia.
**May include the [[adrenal gland]].<ref name=Ref_WMSP|288>{{Ref WMSP|288}}</ref>
**May include the [[adrenal gland]].<ref name=Ref_WMSP|288>{{Ref WMSP|288}}</ref>
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==Anatomy==
==Anatomy==
The anatomy is important for properly staging renal neoplasms.
Layers (superficial to deep):
Layers (superficial to deep):
#Renal fascia (Gerota's fascia).
#Renal fascia (Gerota's fascia).
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===Sign out===
===Sign out===
====Missed renal biopsy====
====Missed renal biopsy====
<pre>
{{Main|Missed renal biopsy}}
KIDNEY (LESION), LEFT, CORE BIOPSY:
- RENAL PARENCHYMA.
- NEGATIVE FOR MASS LESION, SEE COMMENT.
 
COMMENT:
No mass lesion is apparent in the tissue sampled. A re-biopsy should be considered.
 
Renal parenchyma:
- Glomeruli: seven glomeruli sampled, no apparent glomerular pathology on the H&E sections.
- Interstitium: interstitial fibrosis is not identified.
- Tubules: no pathology is apparent.
- Vessels: mild atherosclerosis, no hyalinization of arterioles apparent.
</pre>


=Tabular comparison (selected tumours)=  
=Tabular comparison (selected tumours)=  
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|-
|IHC
|IHC
| CK7-, EMA+
| [[CK7]]-, EMA+
| AMACR+, EMA+, CK7+
| AMACR+, EMA+, CK7+
| AMACR+, E-cadherin+, CK7-
| AMACR+, E-cadherin+, CK7-
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===Tabular comparison of oncocytoma and chromophobe RCC===
===Tabular comparison of oncocytoma and chromophobe RCC===
Histomorphologic features useful to distinguish chromophobe RCC (eosinophilic variant) and oncocytoma:<ref name=pmid9844591>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tickoo | first1 = SK. | last2 = Amin | first2 = MB. | title = Discriminant nuclear features of renal oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Analysis of their potential utility in the differential diagnosis. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 110 | issue = 6 | pages = 782-7 | month = Dec | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9844591 }}
Histomorphologic features useful to distinguish chromophobe RCC (eosinophilic variant) and oncocytoma:<ref name=pmid9844591>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tickoo | first1 = SK. | last2 = Amin | first2 = MB. | title = Discriminant nuclear features of renal oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Analysis of their potential utility in the differential diagnosis. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 110 | issue = 6 | pages = 782-7 | month = Dec | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9844591 }}</ref>
</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Morphologic feature
! Morphologic feature
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===Common DDx===
===Common DDx===
Spindle cell tumours:
====Spindle cell tumours====
*Malignant:
Malignant spindle cell tumours of the kidney:
**[[Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation]].
*[[Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation]].
**[[Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma]].
*[[Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma]].
**[[Wilms tumour]].
*[[Wilms tumour]].
*Benign:
*[[Renal cell carcinoma, unclassified]].
**[[Angiomyolipoma]].
 
**[[Cystic nephroma]].
Benign spindle cell tumours of the kidney:
*[[Angiomyolipoma]].
*[[Cystic nephroma]].


=WHO classification=
====Renal tumours with eosinophilic cytoplasm====
{{Main|Renal tumours with eosinophilic cytoplasm}}
 
=WHO classification of renal neoplasia=
*Based on 2004 iteration - as per WMSP, slightly modified.<ref>{{Ref WMSP|291}}</ref> Online, the classification can [http://www.urosource.com/fileadmin/user_upload/european_urology/PIIS0302283805008316.pdf found here].
*Based on 2004 iteration - as per WMSP, slightly modified.<ref>{{Ref WMSP|291}}</ref> Online, the classification can [http://www.urosource.com/fileadmin/user_upload/european_urology/PIIS0302283805008316.pdf found here].
===Renal cell tumours===
===Renal cell tumours===
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*[[Papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Renal papillary adenoma|Papillary adenoma]].
*[[Renal papillary adenoma|Papillary adenoma]].
*[[Chromophobe renal cell carinoma]].
*[[Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Renal oncocytoma|Oncocytoma]].
*[[Renal oncocytoma|Oncocytoma]].


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*[[Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney]].
*[[Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney]].
*[[Rhabdoid tumour]].
*[[Rhabdoid tumour]].
*[[Mesoblastic nephroma|Congenital mesoblastic nephroma]]
*[[Mesoblastic nephroma|Congenital mesoblastic nephroma]].


Adults:  
Adults:  
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==Vancouver modification of WHO classification==
==Vancouver modification of WHO classification==
In 2012, several additions were made:<ref name=pmid24025519>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Srigley | first1 = JR. | last2 = Delahunt | first2 = B. | last3 = Eble | first3 = JN. | last4 = Egevad | first4 = L. | last5 = Epstein | first5 = JI. | last6 = Grignon | first6 = D. | last7 = Hes | first7 = O. | last8 = Moch | first8 = H. | last9 = Montironi | first9 = R. | title = The International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Vancouver Classification of Renal Neoplasia. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 37 | issue = 10 | pages = 1469-89 | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318299f2d1 | PMID = 24025519 }}</ref>
In 2012/2013, several additions were made:<ref name=pmid24025519>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Srigley | first1 = JR. | last2 = Delahunt | first2 = B. | last3 = Eble | first3 = JN. | last4 = Egevad | first4 = L. | last5 = Epstein | first5 = JI. | last6 = Grignon | first6 = D. | last7 = Hes | first7 = O. | last8 = Moch | first8 = H. | last9 = Montironi | first9 = R. | title = The International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Vancouver Classification of Renal Neoplasia. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 37 | issue = 10 | pages = 1469-89 | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318299f2d1 | PMID = 24025519 }}</ref>
*[[Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Acquired cystic disease associated renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Acquired cystic disease associated renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma]] (clear cell tubulopapillary renal cell carcinoma).
*[[Hereditary leiomyomatosis renal cell carcinoma syndrome associated renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Hereditary leiomyomatosis renal cell carcinoma syndrome associated renal cell carcinoma]].
*MiT family translocation renal cell carcinoma - includes:
*MiT family translocation renal cell carcinoma - includes:
**[[t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma]].
**[[t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma]].


There were also a list of "emerging" entities:
"Emerging" entities (as per Vancouver) are:
*[[Thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Succinate dehydrogenase-deficient renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Succinate dehydrogenase-deficient renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[ALK-translocation renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[ALK translocation renal cell carcinoma]].
 
==An entity proposed after Vancouver==
*[[Eosinophilic, solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Biphasic hyalinizing psammomatous renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity]].
*[[Low-grade oncocytic renal tumour]].


=Renal cell carcinoma=
=Renal cell carcinoma=
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*Male>female (~2:1).
*Male>female (~2:1).
*Hereditary - familial syndromes (see [[Hereditary RCC]]).
*Hereditary - familial syndromes (see [[Hereditary RCC]]).
*[[Obesity]].<ref name=pmid8770461>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chow | first1 = WH. | last2 = McLaughlin | first2 = JK. | last3 = Mandel | first3 = JS. | last4 = Wacholder | first4 = S. | last5 = Niwa | first5 = S. | last6 = Fraumeni | first6 = JF. | title = Obesity and risk of renal cell cancer. | journal = Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev | volume = 5 | issue = 1 | pages = 17-21 | month = Jan | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8770461 }}</ref>


===Subtypes of RCC===
===Subtypes of RCC===
RCC (renal cell carcinoma) comes in different subtypes:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1016>{{Ref PBoD|1016}}</ref>
RCC (renal cell carcinoma) comes in different subtypes:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1016>{{Ref PBoD|1016}}</ref>
*Clear cell carcinoma (70-80% of RCC) -- abbrev. CCRCC,
*Clear cell carcinoma (70-80% of RCC) -- abbrev. CCRCC.
*Papillary renal cell carcinoma (10-15% of RCC) -- abbrev. PRCC,
*Papillary renal cell carcinoma (10-15% of RCC) -- abbrev. PRCC.
*Chromophobe renal carcinoma (5% of RCC) -- abbrev. ChRCC,
*Chromophobe renal carcinoma (5% of RCC) -- abbrev. ChRCC.
*Collecting duct (Bellini duct) carcinoma (1% of RCC).
*Collecting duct (Bellini duct) carcinoma (1% of RCC).


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*Pathologically, this is not very difficult.   
*Pathologically, this is not very difficult.   
*On gross specimens, it is almost always obvious what one is dealing with:
*On gross specimens, it is almost always obvious what one is dealing with:
**[[UCC]] = ''nephroureterectomy''.
**[[UCC]] = ''[[nephroureterectomy]]''.
**[[RCC]] = ''partial nephrectomy'', ''nephrectomy'' or ''radical nephrectomy''.
**[[RCC]] = ''[[partial nephrectomy]]'', ''nephrectomy'' or ''[[radical nephrectomy]]''.


===Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation===
===Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation===
*[[AKA]] ''sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma''.
*[[AKA]] ''sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma''.
====General====
{{Main|Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation}}
Features:<ref name=pmid11224597>{{Cite journal  | last1 = de Peralta-Venturina | first1 = M. | last2 = Moch | first2 = H. | last3 = Amin | first3 = M. | last4 = Tamboli | first4 = P. | last5 = Hailemariam | first5 = S. | last6 = Mihatsch | first6 = M. | last7 = Javidan | first7 = J. | last8 = Stricker | first8 = H. | last9 = Ro | first9 = JY. | title = Sarcomatoid differentiation in renal cell carcinoma: a study of 101 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 275-84 | month = Mar | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11224597 }}</ref>
*Not recognized as a distinct entity in 2004 WHO classification.<ref name=pmid16442207>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lopez-Beltran | first1 = A. | last2 = Scarpelli | first2 = M. | last3 = Montironi | first3 = R. | last4 = Kirkali | first4 = Z. | title = 2004 WHO classification of the renal tumors of the adults. | journal = Eur Urol | volume = 49 | issue = 5 | pages = 798-805 | month = May | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.11.035 | PMID = 16442207 }}</ref>
**It is considered an indicator of progression.
**Previously considered a distinct entity.<ref name=pmid16442207/><ref name=pmid10080595>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cangiano | first1 = T. | last2 = Liao | first2 = J. | last3 = Naitoh | first3 = J. | last4 = Dorey | first4 = F. | last5 = Figlin | first5 = R. | last6 = Belldegrun | first6 = A. | title = Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: biologic behavior, prognosis, and response to combined surgical resection and immunotherapy. | journal = J Clin Oncol | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 523-8 | month = Feb | year = 1999 | doi =  | PMID = 10080595 | URL = http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/17/2/523.full }}</ref>
*Tend to present at higher stage.
*Worse prognosis when adjusted for stage.
*[[Fuhrman grade]] 4 by definition.
 
====Microscopic====
Features:<ref name=pmid11224597/>
#Renal cell carcinoma.
#Sarcomatoid component:
#*[[Fibrosarcoma]] - most common.
#*[[Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma|Undifferentiated]] - common.
#*[[Rhabdomyosarcoma]] - very rare.
 
Notes:
*In essence, any kidney tumour with [[spindle cell]]s should make one think of this.<ref name=pmid15763002/>
*[[Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology|Rhabdoid change in renal cell carcinoma]] is probably analogous to sarcomatoid change.<ref name=pmid21665507>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chapman-Fredricks | first1 = JR. | last2 = Herrera | first2 = L. | last3 = Bracho | first3 = J. | last4 = Gomez-Fernandez | first4 = C. | last5 = Leveillee | first5 = R. | last6 = Rey | first6 = L. | last7 = Jorda | first7 = M. | title = Adult renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology represents a neoplastic dedifferentiation analogous to sarcomatoid carcinoma. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 333-7 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.03.002 | PMID = 21665507 }}</ref>
 
Images:
*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=70 Sarcomatoid change in RCC (webpathology.com)].
*[http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/27/2/235/F1.expansion Sarcomatoid changes in CCRCC (ascopubs.org)].<ref name=pmid19064974>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Golshayan | first1 = AR. | last2 = George | first2 = S. | last3 = Heng | first3 = DY. | last4 = Elson | first4 = P. | last5 = Wood | first5 = LS. | last6 = Mekhail | first6 = TM. | last7 = Garcia | first7 = JA. | last8 = Aydin | first8 = H. | last9 = Zhou | first9 = M. | title = Metastatic sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma treated with vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy. | journal = J Clin Oncol | volume = 27 | issue = 2 | pages = 235-41 | month = Jan | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.0000 | PMID = 19064974 }}</ref>
*[http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/ibju/v31n1/1a03f1.jpg Sarcomatoid changes in RCC (scielo.br)].<ref name=pmid15763002>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dall'Oglio | first1 = MF. | last2 = Lieberknecht | first2 = M. | last3 = Gouveia | first3 = V. | last4 = Sant'Anna | first4 = AC. | last5 = Leite | first5 = KR. | last6 = Srougi | first6 = M. | title = Sarcomatoid differentiation in renal cell carcinoma: prognostic implications. | journal = Int Braz J Urol | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 10-6 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15763002 }}</ref>


===Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology===
===Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology===
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==Hereditary renal cell carcinoma==
==Hereditary renal cell carcinoma==
The classics - which are ''all'' autosomal dominant:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1016>{{Ref PBoD|1016}}</ref>
{{Main|Hereditary renal cell carcinoma}}
# [[Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome]].
#* VHL gene mutation.
#* Clear cell RCC.
# Hereditary [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
#* VHL gene mutation. 
# Hereditary [[papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
#* MET proto-oncogene mutation.
#* PaRCC type 1.<ref name=Ref_WMSP290>{{Ref WMSP|290}}</ref>
# [[Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer]]:<ref name=Ref_WMSP290>{{Ref WMSP|290}}</ref>
#* FH (fumarate hydratase) gene mutation.<ref name=omim136850>{{OMIM|136850}}</ref>
#* PaRCC type 2.
#* Benign [[leiomyoma]]s skin/[[uterine leiomyoma|uterus]].
#* Uterine [[leiomyosarcoma]].
# [[Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome]]:<ref name=Ref_WMSP290>{{Ref WMSP|290}}</ref>
#* FLCN (folliculin) gene mutation.<ref name=omim135150>{{OMIM|135150}}</ref>
#* Skin lesions (fibrofolliculoma, trichodiscoma, [[acrochordon]]).
#* ChRCC most common, other types seen (e.g. [[renal oncocytoma|oncocytoma]]).
#* Variable penetrance (autosomal dominant).
 
Others:
* Hereditary papillary carcinoma (TFE3 related translocations).<ref name=omim314310>{{OMIM|314310}}</ref>
 
Notes:<br>
*A total of ten hereditary renal cancer syndromes have been described.  In eight of the ten the gene is known.<ref name=pmid20817385>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Verine | first1 = J. | last2 = Pluvinage | first2 = A. | last3 = Bousquet | first3 = G. | last4 = Lehmann-Che | first4 = J. | last5 = de Bazelaire | first5 = C. | last6 = Soufir | first6 = N. | last7 = Mongiat-Artus | first7 = P. | title = Hereditary renal cancer syndromes: an update of a systematic review. | journal = Eur Urol | volume = 58 | issue = 5 | pages = 701-10 | month = Nov | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.08.031 | PMID = 20817385 }}</ref>
 
===Molecular===
Recurrent molecular changes in RCC:
*Clear cell RCC:
**Loss of 3p - contains the VHL gene.
*Papillary RCC:
**Sporadic:
***Trisomy 7, 16, 17.
***Loss of Y.
**Familial:
***Trisomy 7 - contains MET gene.<ref>{{OMIM|164860}}</ref>


==Renal cell carcinoma grading==
==Renal cell carcinoma grading==
===General===
{{Main|Renal cell carcinoma grading}}
There are two systems:
*''Fuhrman grading'':
**Older and more complicated.
**Based on nuclear size and shape, chromatin pattern and [[nucleoli|nucleolar size]].<ref name=Ref_GUP282>{{Ref GUP|282}}</ref>
**More complicated.
*''[[ISUP]] grading'':<ref name=pmid24025520>{{cite journal |author=Delahunt B, Cheville JC, Martignoni G, ''et al.'' |title=The International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grading system for renal cell carcinoma and other prognostic parameters |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=37 |issue=10 |pages=1490–504 |year=2013 |month=October |pmid=24025520 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e318299f0fb |url=}}</ref>
**Newer and less complicated.
**Mostly based on [[nucleoli|nucleolar size]] and to a much lesser degree on size and morphology
**Developed based on ''Fuhrman grading''.


===ISUP grading===
==Renal cell carcinoma staging==
Criteria:<ref name=pmid24025520/>
{{Main|Kidney cancer staging}}
*Grade 1 - nucleoli seen with 40x objective.
*Grade 2 - nucleoli seen with 20x objective.
*Grade 3 - nucleoli seen with 10x objective.
*Grade 4 - extreme nuclear pleomorphism (esp. nuclear enlargement) ''or'' [[renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation|sarcomatoid differentiation]] ([[spindle cell]]s<ref name=pmid15763002/> or rhabdoid cells).


Cavets:<ref name=pmid24025520/>
===Renal sinus invasion===
*Higher grade component trumps lower grade component.
{{Main|Kidney cancer staging}}
**No agreed upon minimum quantity of high grade component for upgrading.
***37% use 1 field of view with the x10 objective. †
***41% use 1 field of view with the x40 objective. ‡
*Grading system ''not'' used for ''[[chromophobe RCC]]''.
**The experience with the ''Fuhrman grading'' system showed it is ''not'' prognostic for chromophobe RCC.<ref name=pmid17527087>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Delahunt | first1 = B. | last2 = Sika-Paotonu | first2 = D. | last3 = Bethwaite | first3 = PB. | last4 = McCredie | first4 = MR. | last5 = Martignoni | first5 = G. | last6 = Eble | first6 = JN. | last7 = Jordan | first7 = TW. | title = Fuhrman grading is not appropriate for chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 6 | pages = 957-60 | month = Jun | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/01.pas.0000249446.28713.53 | PMID = 17527087 }}</ref>
 
Notes:
*† Suffers from [[IPFitis]].
*‡ Suffers from [[HPFitis]].


==Clear cell renal cell carcinoma==
==Clear cell renal cell carcinoma==
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==Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma==
==Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma==
===General===
{{Main|Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma}}
*No recurrences or metastasis in the literature.<ref name=Ref_WMSP292>{{Ref WMSP|292}}</ref>
**This makes one wonder... is it really cancer.
*Case report rare.<ref name=pmid21366448>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Agarwal | first1 = S. | last2 = Agrawal | first2 = U. | last3 = Mohanty | first3 = NK. | last4 = Saxena | first4 = S. | title = Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: a case report of a rare entity. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 135 | issue = 3 | pages = 290-2 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1043/2010-0243-LE.1 | PMID = 21366448 }}</ref>
 
===Gross===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP292>{{Ref WMSP|292}}</ref>
*Cystic with thin septa.
*Well circumscribed.
 
Note:
*This tumour, radiologically, can often be separated from other cystic tumours.<ref name=pmid21722289>{{Cite journal  | last1 = You | first1 = D. | last2 = Shim | first2 = M. | last3 = Jeong | first3 = IG. | last4 = Song | first4 = C. | last5 = Kim | first5 = JK. | last6 = Ro | first6 = JY. | last7 = Hong | first7 = JH. | last8 = Ahn | first8 = H. | last9 = Kim | first9 = CS. | title = Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: clinicopathological features and preoperative prediction using multiphase computed tomography. | journal = BJU Int | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jul | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10247.x | PMID = 21722289 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP292>{{Ref WMSP|292}}</ref>
*Polygonal cells within the septa.
*Clear cytoplasm.
*+/-Calcification (common).
 
DDx:
*[[Cystic renal disease]] with macrophages in the septa.
*Cystic [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Tubulocystic carcinoma]].
 
===IHC===
*EMA +ve.
*Keratins +ve.
*CD68 -ve.


==Papillary renal cell carcinoma==
==Papillary renal cell carcinoma==
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{{Main|Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma}}
{{Main|Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma}}


==Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma==
==Clear cell papillary renal cell tumour==
{{Main|Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma}}
In the past, it was known as ''clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma''.
{{Main|Clear cell papillary renal cell tumour}}


==Unclassified renal cell carcinoma==
==Unclassified renal cell carcinoma==
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=Rare stuffs=
=Rare stuffs=
==Juxtaglomerular cell tumour==
==Juxtaglomerular cell tumour==
*[[AKA]] juxtaglomerular tumour, reninoma.<ref name=pmid18192852/>
*[[AKA]] juxtaglomerular tumour, reninoma.<ref name=pmid18192852>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wong | first1 = L. | last2 = Hsu | first2 = TH. | last3 = Perlroth | first3 = MG. | last4 = Hofmann | first4 = LV. | last5 = Haynes | first5 = CM. | last6 = Katznelson | first6 = L. | title = Reninoma: case report and literature review. | journal = J Hypertens | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 368-73 | month = Feb | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f283f3 | PMID = 18192852 }}</ref>
===General===
{{Main|Juxtaglomerular cell tumour}}
*Rare.
*Etiology: increased renin.
 
Clinical:<ref name=pmid18192852>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wong | first1 = L. | last2 = Hsu | first2 = TH. | last3 = Perlroth | first3 = MG. | last4 = Hofmann | first4 = LV. | last5 = Haynes | first5 = CM. | last6 = Katznelson | first6 = L. | title = Reninoma: case report and literature review. | journal = J Hypertens | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 368-73 | month = Feb | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f283f3 | PMID = 18192852 }}</ref>
*[[Hypertension]].
*Increased aldosterone.
**Causes hypokalemia.
*Increased plasma renin.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid21191395/>
*Polygonal cells.
*Abundant granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm.<ref name=pmid436071/>
*Perinuclear halo.
 
DDx:
*[[Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]], eosinophilic variant.
 
Image:
*[http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v79/n2/fig_tab/ki2010445f1.html#figure-title Reninoma (nature.com)].<ref name=pmid21191395/>
 
===Stains===
Cytoplasmic granules.<ref name=pmid436071>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hanna | first1 = W. | last2 = Tepperman | first2 = B. | last3 = Logan | first3 = AG. | last4 = Robinette | first4 = MA. | last5 = Colapinto | first5 = R. | last6 = Phillips | first6 = MJ. | title = Juxtaglomerular cell tumour (reninoma) with paroxysmal hypertension. | journal = Can Med Assoc J | volume = 120 | issue = 8 | pages = 957-9 | month = Apr | year = 1979 | doi =  | PMID = 436071 PMC = 1819229 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1819229/?tool=pubmed }}</ref>
*PAS +ve.
*PASD +ve.
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid21191395>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chao | first1 = CT. | last2 = Chang | first2 = FC. | last3 = Wu | first3 = VC. | last4 = Chen | first4 = JC. | title = Reninoma. | journal = Kidney Int | volume = 79 | issue = 2 | pages = 260 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/ki.2010.445 | PMID = 21191395 }}</ref>
*Actin +ve.
*Cytokeratin -ve.
*HMB-45 -ve.
 
===EM===
Features:
*Vesicles - contain renin.<ref name=upmc29>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case29/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case29/micro.html]. Accessed on: 18 December 2011.</ref>


==Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour==
==Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour==
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==Cystic nephroma==
==Cystic nephroma==
 
{{Main|Cystic nephroma}}
===General===
*Turbiner ''et al.''<ref name=pmid17414095>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Turbiner | first1 = J. | last2 = Amin | first2 = MB. | last3 = Humphrey | first3 = PA. | last4 = Srigley | first4 = JR. | last5 = De Leval | first5 = L. | last6 = Radhakrishnan | first6 = A. | last7 = Oliva | first7 = E. | title = Cystic nephroma and mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of kidney: a detailed clinicopathologic analysis of 34 cases and proposal for renal epithelial and stromal tumor (REST) as a unifying term. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 4 | pages = 489-500 | month = Apr | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802bdd56 | PMID = 17414095 }}</ref>  has suggested that ''[[cystic nephroma]]'' and ''[[mixed epithelial and stromal tumour]] (MEST)'' are one tumour.
**The lumping term is ''renal epithelial and stromal tumour'', abbreviated ''REST''.
 
===Gross===
*Bubble wrap-like appearance.
 
====Image====
<gallery>
Image:Bubble_Wrap.jpg| Bubble wrap. (WC)
</gallery>
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Cysts lined by simple epithelium with hobnailing - '''key feature'''.
*Stroma has an ovarian look:
**''Blue'' (basophilic).
**''Spindle cells''.
 
Notes:
*Parenchymal elements (e.g. glomueruli, tubules) are not found in the septa between the cysts.
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Cystic_nephroma_low_mag.jpg |Cystic nephroma - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Cystic_nephroma_intermed_mag.jpg |Cystic nephroma - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
 
===IHC===
Features:
*ER +ve.
*PR +ve.
*CD10 +ve.


==Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma==
==Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma==

Latest revision as of 21:41, 15 August 2024

A kidney tumour (renal oncocytoma). (WC/Emmanuelm)

Kidney tumours - includes malignant kidney tumours (kidney cancer) and benign kidney tumours. Medical renal diseases are dealt with in the medical renal diseases article.

Pediatric kidney tumours are dealt with in the pediatric kidney tumours article.

Renal specimens

In excisions done for tumours, a comment should be made about kidney distant from the tumour. People with less renal mass, i.e. less kidney, are predisposed to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).

Anatomy

Layers (superficial to deep):

  1. Renal fascia (Gerota's fascia).
  2. Perinephric fat.
  3. Renal capsule.
  4. Renal parenchyma (cortex).

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Missed renal biopsy

Tabular comparison (selected tumours)

Selected common tumours of the kidney:[2][3]

Clear cell RCC Papillary RCC
type 1
Papillary RCC
type 2
Chromophobe RCC
classic variant
Chromophobe RCC
eosinophilic variant
Oncocytoma
Gross Golden yellow, solid friable friable light brown light brown mahogany/brown, +/-central scar
Architecture nests, sheets papillary, simple papillary,
pseudostratified
nests, sheets nests, sheets nests, sheets
Nuclear atypia low-high
typically medium-high
low-medium medium-high low-high, "raisinoid"
nuc. membrane
low-high, "raisinoid"
nuc. membrane
low-medium, round nuclei
Cytoplasm clear eosinophilic eosinophilic cobwebs/clear eosinophilic/cobwebs eosinophilic/
granular & abundant
Other delicate vessels,
necrosis common
histiocytes
in fibrovascular cores, >0.5 cm
histiocytes
in fibrovascular cores, >0.5 cm
perinuclear clearing, thick vessels perinuclear clearing, thick vessels in loose fibrous/hyaline stroma
IHC CK7-, EMA+ AMACR+, EMA+, CK7+ AMACR+, E-cadherin+, CK7- CD117+, CK7+ (membrane) CD117+, CK7+ (membrane) Vimentin-, EMA+
Main DDx chromophobe
classic variant
PaRCC type 2, mets PaRCC type 1, mets clear cell RCC oncocytoma chromophobe
eosinophilic variant
Key features clear cells, vascular papillae, histiocytes
simple epithelium
papillae, histiocytes,
stratified
perinuc. clearing,
wispy cytoplasm
perinuc. clearing,
wispy eosinophilic
cytoplasm
eosinophilic, granular cytoplasm
Image(s)
CCRCC (WC)
PaRCC - intermed. (WC)
,
PaRCC - high (WC)
ChRCC (WC)
Oncocytoma (WC)

Notes:

  • Cell shape: all have epithelioid morphology.

Tabular comparison of oncocytoma and chromophobe RCC

Histomorphologic features useful to distinguish chromophobe RCC (eosinophilic variant) and oncocytoma:[4]

Morphologic feature ChRCC (eosinophilic
variant)
Renal oncocytoma
Nuclear morphology "raisinoid"/wrinkled appearance round with small nucleolus,
usu. little size variation
Multinucleation common - binucleation uncommon
Chromatin coarse fine
Architecture solid, crowded nests spaced nests /
archipelago-like, solid
Cytoplasm perinuclear halo, may be focal no perinuclear halo
Degenerative foci
(focal atypia & pleomorphism)
absent present in ~20% of cases
Image
ChRCC (WC/Nephron)
Oncocytoma (WC/Nephron)

Common DDx

Spindle cell tumours

Malignant spindle cell tumours of the kidney:

Benign spindle cell tumours of the kidney:

Renal tumours with eosinophilic cytoplasm

WHO classification of renal neoplasia

  • Based on 2004 iteration - as per WMSP, slightly modified.[5] Online, the classification can found here.

Renal cell tumours

Common:

Less common:

Metanephric tumours

Nephroblastic tumours

Mesenchymal tumours

Childhood:

Adults:

Other:

Mixed mesenchymal and epithelial tumours

Others

Vancouver modification of WHO classification

In 2012/2013, several additions were made:[6]

"Emerging" entities (as per Vancouver) are:

An entity proposed after Vancouver

Renal cell carcinoma

Overview

General

  • Relatively common form of cancer.
  • Often abbreviated RCC.
  • AKA hypernephroma.[7]
  • RCC represents approx. 90% of malignancies in kidneys of adults.[8]

Origin

  • Proximal renal tubule.

Clinical

  • Classically described as a triad:[9]
    • Hematuria (most common symptom).
    • Abdominal mass.
    • Flank pain.
  • Frequently picked-up on imaging (incidentaloma) ~ 1/3 of cases.

Risk factors

Subtypes of RCC

RCC (renal cell carcinoma) comes in different subtypes:[11]

  • Clear cell carcinoma (70-80% of RCC) -- abbrev. CCRCC.
  • Papillary renal cell carcinoma (10-15% of RCC) -- abbrev. PRCC.
  • Chromophobe renal carcinoma (5% of RCC) -- abbrev. ChRCC.
  • Collecting duct (Bellini duct) carcinoma (1% of RCC).

Notes:

  • Subtype is an independent predictor of mortality - but adds very little to multivariate models with staging information.[12]
  • CCRCC tends to be worse than ChRCC and PRCC, probably due to higher incidence of mets.[13]
  • The exam answer (worst to best): clear cell RCC, papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC.

IHC - is it RCC?

  • RCC Ma (+), CD10 (+) -- specific for RCC[14]

IHC - differentiation of types

  • Clear cell RCC vs. papillary RCC:
    • CK7 (-ve CCRCC), AMACR (+ve in PRCC).[15]
  • Papillary RCC type 1 vs. papillary RCC type 2:
    • E-cadherin +ve in PRCC type 2.[16]
    • EMA (MUC1) +ve in PRCC type 1.[16]
  • ChRCC vs. oncocytoma (ONC):
    • CK7 (ChRCC +ve membrane), CK20, CD15.[15]
    • CK7 -- ChRCC 86% +ve vs. ONC 0% +ve.[17]
    • CD15 -- ChRCC 11% +ve vs. ONC 57% +ve.[18]
    • Hale's colloidal iron +ve in ChRCC, usually neg. in ONC.[19]
    • PAX2 -- ChRCC (1/11) +ve vs. ONC (20/23) +ve.[20]
    • Kidney-specific cadherin (Ksp-cadherin) -- ChRCC 97% +ve (distinctive membrane pattern) vs. ONC only 3% +ve.[21]
  • ChRCC & renal oncocytoma vs. others:
    • CD117 (ckit) +ve (100% membrane, ~75% cytoplasmic).[22]
  • Clear cell RCC vs. chromophobe RCC:
    • Hale's colloidal iron (+ve in ChRCC).[19]
    • CK7 (cell membrane +ve in ChRCC).

Notes:

  • One paper[23] describes CD10, parvalbumin, AMACR, CK7 and S100A1 as being useful.
  • Another paper I came across:[24]
  • c-kit (CD117) not useful for differentiating ONC and ChRCC.[20]
  • E-cadherin not useful for differentiating ChRCC and ONC.[25]

RCC vs. Urothelial cell carcinoma

  • Clinically/radiologically, it may not be possible to differentiate renal pelvis UCC and RCC if the tumour is large.
  • Pathologically, this is not very difficult.
  • On gross specimens, it is almost always obvious what one is dealing with:

Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation

  • AKA sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma.

Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology

  • AKA renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid change.

Hereditary renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma grading

Renal cell carcinoma staging

Renal sinus invasion

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma

Papillary renal cell carcinoma

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

Clear cell papillary renal cell tumour

In the past, it was known as clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma.

Unclassified renal cell carcinoma

  • Abbreviated URCC.

Renal translocation carcinomas

Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation

Renal tumour with t(6;11) translocation

  • AKA t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma.

Benign tumours

Papillary adenoma of the kidney

  • AKA renal papillary adenoma.

Renal oncocytoma

Angiomyolipoma

  • Abbreviated AML.

Mimics

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis

  • Abbreviated XGP.

Malakoplakia

Rare stuffs

Juxtaglomerular cell tumour

  • AKA juxtaglomerular tumour, reninoma.[26]

Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour

Metanephric adenoma

  • Should not be confused mesonephric adenoma, another term for nephrogenic adenoma.
    • Memory device: metanephric adenoma is a tumour.

Renal epithelial and stromal tumour

Abbreviated REST.

The lumping term for both:[28]

  1. Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour.
  2. Cystic nephroma.

Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour

  • Abbreviated MEST.

Cystic nephroma

Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma

  • AKA renal mucinous tubular spindle cell carcinoma.
  • AKA mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney.[29]

Collecting duct carcinoma

Renal medullary carcinoma

Tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney

Acquired cystic disease-associated renal cell carcinoma

Kidney metastasis

  • AKA renal metastasis, metastatic kidney disease.

Pediatric

The most common is nephroblastoma (Wilms tumour).

Others include:

See also

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