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==Grading== | ==Grading== | ||
===General=== | |||
Some subtypes are graded based on the '''Fuhrman system''' which considers:<ref name=Ref_GUP282>{{Ref GUP|282}}</ref> | |||
*Nuclear pleomorphism (size, shape), | *Nuclear pleomorphism (size, shape), | ||
*Chromatin pattern, | *Chromatin pattern, | ||
*Nucleoli prominence. | *Nucleoli prominence. | ||
The system was validated for clear cell RCC. Fuhrman nuclear grade is '''not''' prognostic in ''chromophobe RCC'' and should not be used in that context.<ref name=pmid1949485>{{cite journal |author=Brovkina AF, Val'skii VV |title=[Computer tomography in the diagnosis of intraocular melanomas] |language=Russian |journal=Vestn Oftalmol |volume=107 |issue=4 |pages=39–42 |year=1991 |pmid=1949485 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
===Criteria & grades=== | ===Criteria & grades=== | ||