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'''Kidney tumours''' - includes '''malignant kidney tumours''' and '''benign kidney tumours'''.  Medical renal diseases are dealt with in the [[medical renal diseases]] article.
[[Image:Renal oncocytoma.jpg|thumb|250px|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.
Pediatric kidney tumours are dealt with in the ''[[pediatric kidney tumours]]'' article.


=Renal specimens=
=Renal specimens=
*Renal biopsy - usually for renal onocytoma vs. renal cell carcinoma (RCC) ''or'' medical diseases - see ''[[medical kidney]]''.
*[[Renal biopsy]] - usually for [[renal oncocytoma]] vs. renal cell carcinoma (RCC) ''or'' medical diseases - see ''[[medical kidney]]''.
*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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#Renal capsule.  
#Renal capsule.  
#Renal parenchyma (cortex).
#Renal parenchyma (cortex).
===Sign out===
====Missed renal biopsy====
{{Main|Missed renal biopsy}}


=Tabular comparison (selected tumours)=  
=Tabular comparison (selected tumours)=  


Selected common tumours of the kidney:<ref>{{Ref GUP|281-304}}</ref><ref name=pmid19494850>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Srigley | first1 = JR. | last2 = Delahunt | first2 = B. | title = Uncommon and recently described renal carcinomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 22 Suppl 2 | issue =  | pages = S2-S23 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2009.70 | PMID = 19494850 }}</ref>
Selected common tumours of the kidney:<ref name=Ref_GUP281>{{Ref GUP|281-304}}</ref><ref name=pmid19494850>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Srigley | first1 = JR. | last2 = Delahunt | first2 = B. | title = Uncommon and recently described renal carcinomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 22 Suppl 2 | issue =  | pages = S2-S23 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2009.70 | PMID = 19494850 }}</ref>
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|IHC
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| CK7-, EMA+
| [[CK7]]-, EMA+
| AMACR+, EMA+, CK7+
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| AMACR+, E-cadherin+, CK7-
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|Image(s)
|Image(s)
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_clear_cell_ca_%281%29_Nephrectomy.jpg CCRCC (WC)]
| [[Image:Renal_clear_cell_ca_%281%29_Nephrectomy.jpg|thumb|150px| CCRCC (WC)]]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papillary_renal_cell_carcinoma_intermed_mag.jpg PaRCC - intermed. (WC)], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papillary_renal_cell_carcinoma_very_high_mag.jpg PaRCC - high (WC)]
| [[Image:Papillary_renal_cell_carcinoma_intermed_mag.jpg|thumb|150px| PaRCC - intermed. (WC)]], [[Image:Papillary_renal_cell_carcinoma_very_high_mag.jpg | thumb|150px| PaRCC - high (WC)]]
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| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg ChRCC (WC)]
| [[Image:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg|thumb|150px| ChRCC (WC)]]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_oncocytoma2.jpg Oncocytoma (WC)]
| [[Image:Renal_oncocytoma2.jpg|thumb|150px| Oncocytoma (WC)]]
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Notes:
Notes:
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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>
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! [[ChRCC]] (eosinophilic<br> variant)
| '''ChRCC (eosinophilic<br> variant)'''
! [[Renal oncocytoma]]
| '''Renal oncocytoma'''
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| Nuclear morphology
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| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg ChRCC (WC)]
| [[Image:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg |thumb|150px|ChRCC (WC/Nephron)]]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_oncocytoma2.jpg Oncocytoma (WC)]
| [[Image:Renal_oncocytoma2.jpg |thumb|150px|Oncocytoma (WC/Nephron)]]
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=WHO classification=
===Common DDx===
*Based on 2004 iteration - as per WMSP, slightly modified.<ref>{{Ref WMSP|291}}</ref>
====Spindle cell tumours====
==Renal cell tumours==
Malignant spindle cell tumours of the kidney:
*[[Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation]].
*[[Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma]].
*[[Wilms tumour]].
*[[Renal cell carcinoma, unclassified]].
 
Benign spindle cell tumours of the kidney:
*[[Angiomyolipoma]].
*[[Cystic nephroma]].
 
====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].
===Renal cell tumours===
Common:
Common:
*[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Multilocular clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Papillary renal cell carcinoma]].
*Papillary adenoma.
*[[Renal papillary adenoma|Papillary adenoma]].
*[[Chromophobe renal cell carinoma]].
*[[Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Renal oncocytoma|Oncocytoma]].
*[[Renal oncocytoma|Oncocytoma]].


Less common:
Less common:
*Carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini.
*[[Multilocular clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*Renal cell carcinoma, unclassified.
*[[Carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini]].
*[[Renal cell carcinoma, unclassified]].
*[[Renal medullary carcinoma]].
*[[Renal medullary carcinoma]].
*[[Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation|Xp11 translocation carcinoma]].
*[[Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation|Xp11 translocation carcinoma]].
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*Carcinoma associated with neuroblastoma.
*Carcinoma associated with neuroblastoma.


==Metanephric tumours==
===Metanephric tumours===
*[[Metanephric adenoma]].
*[[Metanephric adenoma]].
*[[Metanephric stromal tumour]].
*[[Metanephric stromal tumour]].
*[[Metanephric adenofibroma]].
*[[Metanephric adenofibroma]].


==Nephroblastic tumours==
===Nephroblastic tumours===
*Nephrogenic rests.
*Nephrogenic rests.
*[[Nephroblastoma]].
*[[Nephroblastoma]].


==Mesenchymal tumours==
===Mesenchymal tumours===
Childhood:
Childhood:
*[[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:  
*Unique to kidney:
**[[Juxtaglomerular cell tumour]].
**[[Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour]].
Other:
*[[Angiomyolipoma]].
*[[Epithelioid angiomyolipoma]].
*[[Leiomyosarcoma]].
*[[Leiomyosarcoma]].
*[[Angiosarcoma]].
*[[Angiosarcoma]].
*[[Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma]].
*[[Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma]].
*[[Hemangiopericytoma]].
*[[Solitary fibrous tumour]].
*[[Solitary fibrous tumour]].
*Others - see: ''[[soft tissue lesions]]''.
*[[Osteosarcoma]].
*[[Schwannoma]].


==Mixed mesenchymal and epithelial tumours==
===Mixed mesenchymal and epithelial tumours===
*[[Cystic nephroma]].
*[[Cystic nephroma]].
*[[Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour]].
*[[Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour]].
*[[Synovial sarcoma]].
*[[Synovial sarcoma]].


==Others==
===Others===
*[[Neuroendocrine tumours]].
*[[Neuroendocrine tumours]].
*Hematologic tumours.
*Hematologic tumours.
*Germ cell tumours.
*[[Germ cell tumour]]s.
*Metastases.
*[[Metastases]].
 
==Vancouver modification of WHO classification==
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]].
*[[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]].
*MiT family translocation renal cell carcinoma - includes:
**[[t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma]].
 
"Emerging" entities (as per Vancouver) are:
*[[Thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Succinate dehydrogenase-deficient 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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*Subtype is an independent predictor of mortality - but adds very little to multivariate models with staging information.<ref name=pmid19076149>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Capitanio | first1 = U. | last2 = Cloutier | first2 = V. | last3 = Zini | first3 = L. | last4 = Isbarn | first4 = H. | last5 = Jeldres | first5 = C. | last6 = Shariat | first6 = SF. | last7 = Perrotte | first7 = P. | last8 = Antebi | first8 = E. | last9 = Patard | first9 = JJ. | title = A critical assessment of the prognostic value of clear cell, papillary and chromophobe histological subtypes in renal cell carcinoma: a population-based study. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 103 | issue = 11 | pages = 1496-500 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08259.x | PMID = 19076149 }}</ref>
*Subtype is an independent predictor of mortality - but adds very little to multivariate models with staging information.<ref name=pmid19076149>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Capitanio | first1 = U. | last2 = Cloutier | first2 = V. | last3 = Zini | first3 = L. | last4 = Isbarn | first4 = H. | last5 = Jeldres | first5 = C. | last6 = Shariat | first6 = SF. | last7 = Perrotte | first7 = P. | last8 = Antebi | first8 = E. | last9 = Patard | first9 = JJ. | title = A critical assessment of the prognostic value of clear cell, papillary and chromophobe histological subtypes in renal cell carcinoma: a population-based study. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 103 | issue = 11 | pages = 1496-500 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08259.x | PMID = 19076149 }}</ref>
*CCRCC tends to be worse than ChRCC and PRCC, probably due to higher incidence of mets.<ref name=pmid17886093>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Delahunt | first1 = B. | last2 = Bethwaite | first2 = PB. | last3 = Nacey | first3 = JN. | title = Outcome prediction for renal cell carcinoma: evaluation of prognostic factors for tumours divided according to histological subtype. | journal = Pathology | volume = 39 | issue = 5 | pages = 459-65 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1080/00313020701570061 | PMID = 17886093 }}</ref>
*CCRCC tends to be worse than ChRCC and PRCC, probably due to higher incidence of mets.<ref name=pmid17886093>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Delahunt | first1 = B. | last2 = Bethwaite | first2 = PB. | last3 = Nacey | first3 = JN. | title = Outcome prediction for renal cell carcinoma: evaluation of prognostic factors for tumours divided according to histological subtype. | journal = Pathology | volume = 39 | issue = 5 | pages = 459-65 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1080/00313020701570061 | PMID = 17886093 }}</ref>
*The exam answer (worst to best): clear cell RCC, papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC.
===IHC - is it RCC?===
===IHC - is it RCC?===
*RCC Ma (+), CD10 (+) -- specific for RCC<ref>{{cite journal |author=Zhou M, Roma A, Magi-Galluzzi C |title=The usefulness of immunohistochemical markers in the differential diagnosis of renal neoplasms |journal=Clin. Lab. Med. |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=247?7 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15848735 |doi=10.1016/j.cll.2005.01.004 |url=}}</ref>
*RCC Ma (+), CD10 (+) -- specific for RCC<ref>{{cite journal |author=Zhou M, Roma A, Magi-Galluzzi C |title=The usefulness of immunohistochemical markers in the differential diagnosis of renal neoplasms |journal=Clin. Lab. Med. |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=247?7 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15848735 |doi=10.1016/j.cll.2005.01.004 |url=}}</ref>
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*Papillary RCC type 1 vs. papillary RCC type 2:
*Papillary RCC type 1 vs. papillary RCC type 2:
** E-cadherin +ve in PRCC type 2.<ref name=pmid14657952>{{cite journal |author=Langner C, Ratschek M, Rehak P, Schips L, Zigeuner R |title=Expression of MUC1 (EMA) and E-cadherin in renal cell carcinoma: a systematic immunohistochemical analysis of 188 cases |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=180? |year=2004 |month=February |pmid=14657952 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800032 |url=}}</ref>
** E-cadherin +ve in PRCC type 2.<ref name=pmid14657952>{{cite journal |author=Langner C, Ratschek M, Rehak P, Schips L, Zigeuner R |title=Expression of MUC1 (EMA) and E-cadherin in renal cell carcinoma: a systematic immunohistochemical analysis of 188 cases |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=180? |year=2004 |month=February |pmid=14657952 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800032 |url=}}</ref>
**EMA (MUC1) +ve in PRCC type 1.<ref name=pmid14657952/>
**[[EMA]] (MUC1) +ve in PRCC type 1.<ref name=pmid14657952/>


*ChRCC vs. oncocytoma (ONC):
*ChRCC vs. oncocytoma (ONC):
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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]]''.


==Hereditary renal cell carcinoma==
===Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation===
The classics - which are ''all'' autosomal dominant:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1016>{{Ref PBoD|1016}}</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma''.
# [[Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome]].
{{Main|Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation}}
#* VHL gene mutation.
#* Clear cell RCC.
# Hereditary clear cell carcinoma.
#* VHL gene mutation. 
# Hereditary papillary 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 leiomyomas skin/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.
#* Variable penetrance (autosomal dominant).


Others:
===Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology===
* Hereditary papillary carcinoma (TFE3 related translocations).<ref name=omim314310>{{OMIM|314310}}</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid change''.
{{Main|Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology}}


Notes:<br>
==Hereditary renal cell carcinoma==
*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>
{{Main|Hereditary renal cell carcinoma}}


==Grading RCC==
==Renal cell carcinoma grading==
===General===
{{Main|Renal cell carcinoma grading}}
Some subtypes are graded based on the '''Fuhrman system''' which considers:<ref name=Ref_GUP282>{{Ref GUP|282}}</ref>
*Nuclear pleomorphism (size, shape),
*Chromatin pattern,
*Nucleoli prominence.


Notes:
==Renal cell carcinoma staging==
*The system was validated for clear cell RCC. 
{{Main|Kidney cancer staging}}
*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===
===Renal sinus invasion===
*Grade 1: no nucleoli, near 'normal' appearance.
{{Main|Kidney cancer staging}}
*Grade 2: finely granular chromatin (key feature), no nuclei visible with 10x objective lens.
*Grade 3: [[nucleoli]] seen easily (key feature).
*Grade 4: prominent pleomorphism (key feature), hyperchromasia, [[macronucleoli]].
Note: Most tumours are grade 2 & 3.
 
===Fuhrman grading in short===
*1 vs. 2: grade 2 has granular chromatin, grade 2 has nucleoli visible @ 20x objective.<ref>AE. June 2010.</ref>
*2 vs. 3: grade 3 has nucleoli @ 10x objective.
*3 vs. 4: grade 4 has pleomorphism/hyperchromasia.


==Clear cell renal cell carcinoma==
==Clear cell renal cell carcinoma==
*Often abbreviated ''CRCC''.
{{Main|Clear cell renal cell carcinoma}}
 
===General===
*Most common subtype of RCC.
 
===Gross===
*Gold/yellow.
*+/-Haemorrhage (common).
*+/-Necrosis (common in large tumours).
*+/-Calcification.
*+/-Cysts.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1017-8>{{Ref PBoD|1017-8}}</ref>
*Solid or [[trabecular]] pattern.
*Polygonal cells.
*Clear cytoplasm.
*Central nucleus.
*Delicate branching vasculature.
 
Notes:
*Cytoplasm may be eosinophilic.<ref name=Ref_WMSP291>{{Ref WMSP|291}}</ref>
*[[Hyaline bodies]] common.<ref>AFIP Renal Tumours Book.</ref>
**Not common in papillary RCC.
 
Clear cell vs. [[adrenocortical carcinoma]]:
*ACC: EMA- (epithelial membrane antigen), cytokeratin mostly neg., inhibin+ (neg. in RCC).<ref name=Ref_GUP285>{{Ref GUP|285}}</ref>
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clear_cell_renal_cell_carcinoma_intermed_mag.jpg CRCC - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clear_cell_renal_cell_carcinoma_high_mag.jpg CRCC - high mag. (WC)].
 
===IHC===
*CK7 -ve.
*CK20 -ve.
*Hale's colloidal iron -ve.
**+ve in chromophobe RCC.
 
Note: ''[[Hale's colloidal iron]]'' does not stain iron... it stains hemosiderin.<ref>Latta. 27 January 2009.</ref>
Clear cell vs. chromophobe:
*Chromophobe: "translucent" (NOT quite clear), reticulated, Hale's colloidal iron stain+, CK7+ (cell membrane).


==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.
===IHC===
*EMA +ve.
*Keratins +ve.
*CD68 -ve.


==Papillary renal cell carcinoma==
==Papillary renal cell carcinoma==
*Abbreviated ''PRCC'' and ''papillary RCC''.
{{Main|Papillary renal cell carcinoma}}
===General===
*Often subclassified<ref name=Ref_GUP289>{{Ref GUP|289}}</ref> into ''type 1'' and ''type 2'' -- see below.
*May be abbreviated ''PRCC''.
 
====Epidemiology====
*Associated with ''[[acquired renal cystic disease]]''.<ref>{{Ref DARP|438}}</ref>
*May be familial.
 
===Microsopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1017-8>{{Ref PBoD|1017-8}}</ref>
*Cuboidal or low columnar cell in papillae.
*Interstitial foam cells in vascular cores - '''key feature'''.<ref>ALS Feb 9, 2009.</ref>
**Most sensitive and specific feature of PRCC.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Granter SR, Perez-Atayde AR, Renshaw AA |title=Cytologic analysis of papillary renal cell carcinoma |journal=Cancer |volume=84 |issue=5 |pages=303?8 |year=1998 |month=October |pmid=9801205 |doi= |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19981025)84:5<303::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-7}}</ref>
*Highly vascular.
Mnemonic ''HIP'':  '''h'''ighly vascular, '''i'''nterstitial foam cells, '''p'''apillae.
 
Size criterion:
*Papillary lesions '''''must''''' be >0.5 cm to be called ''carcinoma''; smaller lesions (<=0.5 cm) are called ''papillary adenomas''.<ref name=Ref_GUP288>{{Ref GUP|288}}</ref>
 
Clear cell RCC vs. papillary RCC:
*Papillary: +histiocytes, +intracellular hemosiderin, [[CK7]]+.
 
====Histological subtyping====
Subtypes:<ref name=Ref_GUP289>{{Ref GUP|289}}</ref>
*''Type 1'' - single layer of cells on basement membrane.
** usually low grade nuclear features, i.e. low Fuhrman grade.
*''Type 2'' - pseudostratification of cells.
** Usually high grade nuclear features, i.e. high Fuhrman grade.
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=Ref_GUP289>{{Ref GUP|289}}</ref>
*AMACR +ve.<ref>ALS Feb 9, 2009.</ref>
*HMWCK (34betaE12) +ve.
*Panker (AE1/AE3) +ve.
*CK7 +ve ~90% of type 1, 20% of type 2.
 
More reading:
*[http://www.e-immunohistochemistry.info/web/Papillary_renal_cell_carcinoma.htm e-immunohistochemistry.info]
 
===Molecular===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1016>{{Ref PBoD|1016}}</ref>
*Sporadic: trisomies 7, 16, 17.
*Familial: trisomy 7.
**Chromosome 7 = location of MET gene.
 
Note:
*Not used for diagnosis.<ref>{{Ref WMSP|292}}</ref>


==Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma==
==Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma==
*Abbreviated ''ChRCC''.
{{Main|Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma}}
===General===
*Least common of the common types of RCC.
*''Fuhrman grading'' for this entity is controversial, as it does not appear to have any predictive value.<ref name=pmid17527087></ref>
 
There are two subtypes:<ref name=Ref_GUP293>{{Ref GUP|293}}</ref>
*Classic.
*Eosinophilic variant.
 
===Gross===
*Tan, light-brown.
*Solitary.
*Well-circumscribed.
 
===Microscopic===
====Classic====
Features - classic type:<ref>{{Ref PBoD|1016-7}}</ref><ref name=Ref_GUP293>{{Ref GUP|293}}</ref>, 3 P's [[mnemonic]]:
*Pale cytoplasm, with wisps of eosinophilic material; the cells are not completely clear, they have "cobwebs".
*Perinuclear clearing, i.e. a pale halo surrounds the nucleus - '''key feature'''.
*Periphery of cell distinct, i.e. cell membrane is easy to discern.
 
Notes:
*May have [[psammoma bodies]].
 
====Eosinophilic variant====
Features - eosinophilic variant:<ref name=Ref_GUP293>{{Ref GUP|293}}</ref>
*'''Eosinophilic''' (finely granular) cytoplasm.
*Perinuclear clearing - '''key feature'''.
*Periphery of cell distinct.
*'''Smaller cells''' than classic subtype.
 
Notes:
#May have [[psammoma bodies]].
#May appear similar to oncotyoma -- particularily the eosinophilic variant.
#*A comparison based on histomorphology: ''[[Kidney_tumours#Tabular_comparison_of_oncocytoma_and_chromophobe_RCC|Tabular comparison between ChRCC & oncocytoma]]''.
#**No perinuclear clearing in oncocytoma.
 
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg Oncocytic chromophobe RCC (WC)].


===IHC===
==Clear cell papillary renal cell tumour==
*CK7 +ve cell membrane.<ref name=Ref_GUP293>{{Ref GUP|293}}</ref>
In the past, it was known as ''clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma''.
{{Main|Clear cell papillary renal cell tumour}}


DDx:
==Unclassified renal cell carcinoma==
*May appear similar to [[renal oncocytoma|oncocytoma]] -- particularily the eosinophilic variant.
*Abbreviated ''URCC''.
**IHC may be useful to differentiate (CK7: oncocytoma = cytoplasm +ve, chromophobe = cell membrane +ve).
{{Main|Unclassified renal cell carcinoma}}
*Classic ChRCC may be challenging to differentiate from clear cell RCC.
**Perinuclear clearing is ''not'' seen in clear cell RCC.
**ChRCC has wisps in the cytoplasm.


=Renal translocation carcinomas=
=Renal translocation carcinomas=
==Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation==
==Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation==
===General===
{{Main|Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation}}
*Defined by the presence of a fusion gene form with TFE3 @ Xp11.2.
*TFE3 is the gene involved in the translocation seen in [[alveolar soft part sarcoma]] (ASPS).
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP285>{{Ref WMSP|285}}</ref>
*Large cells.
*Clear or eosinophilic cytoplasm.
*Papillae or nests.
*[[Psammoma bodies]] - common.
*[[Hyaline bodies]] - common.
 
Notes:
*Looks clear cell RCC ''or'' papillary RCC ''or'' a hybrid between the two.
*May resemble [[ASPS]].
 
DDx:
*Clear cell RCC.
*Papillary RCC.
*Epithelioid angiomyolipoma.
 
===IHC===
*TFE3 +ve (nucleus) - '''key feature'''.<ref name=Ref_WMSP285>{{Ref WMSP|285}}</ref>
 
Others:
*HMB-45 & Melan A -ve.
**Positive in ''epithelioid angiomyolipoma''.
 
===Molecular===
*[[Translocation]] involving TFE3, e.g. t(X;1)(p11.2;q21).<ref name=Ref_WMSP285>{{Ref WMSP|285}}</ref>


==Renal tumour with t(6;11) translocation==
==Renal tumour with t(6;11) translocation==
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma''.
*Not common.
{{main|Renal tumour with t(6;11) translocation}}
*[[Lymph node metastases]] are common.


===Microscopic===
=Benign tumours=
Features:
==Papillary adenoma of the kidney==
*Hyaline material between nests.
*[[AKA]] ''renal papillary adenoma''.
*Large cells with clear to eosinophilic cytoplasm.
{{Main|Papillary adenoma of the kidney}}


===Molecular===
*t(6;11)(p21;q12) Alpha/TFEB.<ref name=Ref_WMSP281>{{Ref WMSP|281}}</ref>
=Benign tumours=
==Renal oncocytoma==
==Renal oncocytoma==
===General===
{{Main|Renal oncocytoma}}
*Can be difficult to distinguish radiologically from RCC (chromophobe subtype).
** ... and pathologists occasionally struggle like the radiologists.
*Benign tumour - the reason it is excised is... one cannot be certain it isn't a RCC.
 
===Gross===
*Brown, mahogany brown.
*1/3 have a characteristic central scar.<ref name=Ref_GUP302>{{Ref GUP|302}}</ref>
 
Image:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_oncocytoma.jpg Renal oncocytoma with central scar (WP)].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm - slightly granular '''key feature'''.
*Cells arranged in nests.
*Nuclei uniform and round.<ref name=Ref_GUP302>{{Ref GUP|302}}</ref>
**Slightly enlarged nuclei, but '''no significant''' pleomorphism (size variation) - '''important'''.
 
Notes:
*May look like eosinophilic variant of chromophobe RCC -- this is the main DDx.
**A comparison based on histomorphology: ''[[Kidney_tumours#Tabular_comparison_of_oncocytoma_and_chromophobe_RCC|Tabular comparison between ChRCC & oncocytoma]]''.
***No perinuclear clearing -- this is seen in ChRCC.
**IHC may be useful to differentiate (CK7: oncocytoma = cytoplasm +ve, chromophobe = cell membrane +ve).
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_oncocytoma2.jpg High mag. oncocytoma (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_oncocytoma3.jpg Intermed. mag. oncocytoma (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renal_oncocytoma4.jpg Low mag. oncocytoma (WC)].


==Angiomyolipoma==
==Angiomyolipoma==
*Abbreviated ''AML''.
*Abbreviated ''AML''.
===General===
{{Main|Angiomyolipoma}}
*Benign mesenchymal tumour.
*Presentations: flank pain, hematuria, incidentaloma.<ref name=pmid18805573>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Seyam | first1 = RM. | last2 = Bissada | first2 = NK. | last3 = Kattan | first3 = SA. | last4 = Mokhtar | first4 = AA. | last5 = Aslam | first5 = M. | last6 = Fahmy | first6 = WE. | last7 = Mourad | first7 = WA. | last8 = Binmahfouz | first8 = AA. | last9 = Alzahrani | first9 = HM. | title = Changing trends in presentation, diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma: comparison of sporadic and tuberous sclerosis complex-associated forms. | journal = Urology | volume = 72 | issue = 5 | pages = 1077-82 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.049 | PMID = 18805573 }}</ref>
*AMLs occur may be elsewhere in the body, e.g. liver,<ref name=pmid15498214>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zhang | first1 = SH. | last2 = Cong | first2 = WM. | last3 = Xian | first3 = ZH. | last4 = Wu | first4 = WQ. | last5 = Dong | first5 = H. | last6 = Wu | first6 = MC. | title = [Morphologic variants and immunohistochemical features of hepatic angiomyolipoma.] | journal = Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi | volume = 33 | issue = 5 | pages = 437-40 | month = Oct | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15498214 }}
</ref> but are most common in the kidney.
*In the [[PEComa]] group of tumours.
 
====Epidemiology====
*May be associated with [[tuberous sclerosis]] -- 70% have an AML.
**When compared to sporadic cases:
***More often bilateral.
***Usually bigger.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Smooth muscle.
*Adipose tissue - not always present<ref name=pmid15584043>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Crapanzano | first1 = JP. | title = Fine-needle aspiration of renal angiomyolipoma: cytological findings and diagnostic pitfalls in a series of five cases. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 53-7 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/dc.20179 | PMID = 15584043 }}</ref> - '''key feature'''.
*Abundant blood vessels.
 
Notes:
*There is a suggestion that an ''epithelioid'' variant is more worisome,<ref name=pmid12352384>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nelson | first1 = CP. | last2 = Sanda | first2 = MG. | title = Contemporary diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 4 Pt 1 | pages = 1315-25 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000028200.86216.b2 | PMID = 12352384 }}</ref> but this is not the case in all studies.<ref name=pmid18852677>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Aydin | first1 = H. | last2 = Magi-Galluzzi | first2 = C. | last3 = Lane | first3 = BR. | last4 = Sercia | first4 = L. | last5 = Lopez | first5 = JI. | last6 = Rini | first6 = BI. | last7 = Zhou | first7 = M. | title = Renal angiomyolipoma: clinicopathologic study of 194 cases with emphasis on the epithelioid histology and tuberous sclerosis association. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 33 | issue = 2 | pages = 289-97 | month = Feb | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817ed7a6 | PMID = 18852677 }}</ref>
Ki-67 can be used to help distinguish btw 'em -- epithelioid variant Ki-67 +ve.<ref name=pmid18839327>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ooi | first1 = SM. | last2 = Vivian | first2 = JB. | last3 = Cohen | first3 = RJ. | title = The use of the Ki-67 marker in the pathological diagnosis of the epithelioid variant of renal angiomyolipoma. | journal = Int Urol Nephrol | volume = 41 | issue = 3 | pages = 559-65 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s11255-008-9473-1 | PMID = 18839327 }}</ref>
 
====Cytologic features<ref name=pmid15584043>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Crapanzano | first1 = JP. | title = Fine-needle aspiration of renal angiomyolipoma: cytological findings and diagnostic pitfalls in a series of five cases. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 53-7 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/dc.20179 | PMID = 15584043 }}</ref>====
*Nuclei - round/ovoid.
*Chromatin - bland.
 
===IHC===
*Melanocytic markers +ve<ref name=Ref_GUP324>{{Ref GUP|324}}</ref> (e.g. HMB-45 +ve).
*Epithelial markers -ve.<ref name=Ref_GUP324>{{Ref GUP|324}}</ref>
*SMA +ve.
*CD117 +/-.
Additional paper: <ref name=pmid15584043/>


=Mimics=
=Mimics=
==Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis==
==Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis==
===General===
*Abbreviated ''XGP''.
*May mimic RCC (esp. radiologically).
{{Main|Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis}}
*Usually lower pole ???
*Associated with:
**Diabetes mellitus,
**History of UTI,<ref name=pmid17987581>{{cite journal |author=Afgan F, Mumtaz S, Ather MH |title=Preoperative diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis |journal=Urol J |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=169–73 |year=2007 |pmid=17987581 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Nephrolithiasis,
**GU obstruction.<ref name=pmid17098659>{{cite journal |author=Al-Ghazo MA, Ghalayini IF, Matalka II, Al-Kaisi NS, Khader YS |title=Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: Analysis of 18 cases |journal=Asian J Surg |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=257–61 |year=2006 |month=October |pmid=17098659 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Occasionally an indication of nephrectomy.<ref name=pmid17987581/><ref name=pmid17098659/>
*Most common organism (in the context of nephrectomy specimens) - ''Proteus mirabilis''.<ref name=pmid17098659/>
 
===Microscopic===
*Abundant macrophages.
*+/-Giant cells.
 
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xanthogranulomatous_pyelonephritis_cd68.jpg Xanthogranulomatous_pyelonephritis - CD68 IHC (mediawiki.org)].
 
===IHC===
*CD68 +ve.
*RCC markers (CD10, RCC) all negative.
 
DDx:
*[[Malakoplakia]].
**Basophilic inclusions -- inside or outside of macrophages - often size of RBC or larger ([[Michaelis-Gutmann bodies]]).
*RCC - esp. PaRCC (as this has foamy macrophages).
*Granulomatous disease.


==Malakoplakia==
==Malakoplakia==
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=Rare stuffs=
=Rare stuffs=
==Medullary fibroma==
==Juxtaglomerular cell tumour==
===General===
*[[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>
*Rare.
{{Main|Juxtaglomerular cell tumour}}


===Epidemiology===
==Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour==
*Benign.
*[[AKA]] ''medullary fibroma''.<ref name=pmid11054036 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bircan | first1 = S. | last2 = Orhan | first2 = D. | last3 = Tulunay | first3 = O. | last4 = Safak | first4 = M. | title = Renomedullary interstitial cell tumor. | journal = Urol Int | volume = 65 | issue = 3 | pages = 163-6 | month = | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 11054036 }}</ref>
 
{{Main|Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour}}
===Gross===
*Small, white well circumscribed nodule in medulla.
 
===Microscopic===
*Spindle cells.


==Metanephric adenoma==
==Metanephric adenoma==
===General===
*Should '''not''' be confused ''[[mesonephric adenoma]]'', another term for ''nephrogenic adenoma''.
*Benign.
**Memory device: me'''t'''anephric adenoma is a '''t'''umour.
*Afflicts adults and occasionally children.
{{Main|Metanephric adenoma}}
 
===Micro===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP284>{{Ref WMSP|284}}</ref>
*Small uniform cells with:
**Fine chromatin.
**No apparent [[nucleolus]].
**A relatively smooth nuclear membrane. 
*Variable architecture - may be sheets or ductal.
 
DDx:
*Epithelioid nephroblastoma (Wilms tumour) - these typically have:
**Irregular nuclear membrane.
**Nucleoli.
**Mitoses (rare in ''metanephric adenoma'').
*Papillary RCC.<ref name=Ref_WMSP284>{{Ref WMSP|284}}</ref>
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metanephric_adenoma_high_mag.jpg Metanephric adenoma (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metanephric_adenoma_high_mag_cropped.jpg Metanephric adenoma - cropped (WC)].
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n10/fig_tab/3880886f1.html Metanephric adenoma (nature.com)].
 
==Renal epithelial stromal tumour==
*Abbreviated ''REST''.
*[[AKA]] ''cystic nephroma'', [[AKA]] ''mixed epithelial stromal tumour (MEST)''<ref>{{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> - some believe these are separate entities.
 
===General===
*Rare - approx. 1.5% of renal neoplasms.<ref name=pmid17454754>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mai | first1 = KT. | last2 = Elkeilani | first2 = A. | last3 = Veinot | first3 = JP. | title = Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour (MEST) of the kidney: report of 14 cases with male and PEComatous variants and proposed histopathogenesis. | journal = Pathology | volume = 39 | issue = 2 | pages = 235-40 | month = Apr | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1080/00313020701230799 | PMID = 17454754 }}</ref>
*Benign.
*Prevalence: males > females.
 
===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:  
==Renal epithelial and stromal tumour==
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cystic_nephroma_low_mag.jpg Cystic nephroma - low mag. (WC)].
:Abbreviated ''REST''.
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cystic_nephroma_intermed_mag.jpg Cystic nephroma - intermed. mag. (WC)].
The lumping term for both:<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>
#[[Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour]].
#[[Cystic nephroma]].


===IHC===
==Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour==
Features:<ref name=pmid17454754>PMID 17454754</ref>
*Abbreviated ''MEST''.
*ER +ve.
{{Main|Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour of the kidney}}
*PR +ve.
*CD10 +ve.


===DDx===
==Cystic nephroma==
*Tubulocystic carcinoma.
{{Main|Cystic nephroma}}


==Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma==
==Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma==
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''renal mucinous tubular spindle cell carcinoma''.
*Rare.<ref name=pmid19494850>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Srigley | first1 = JR. | last2 = Delahunt | first2 = B. | title = Uncommon and recently described renal carcinomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 22 Suppl 2 | issue = | pages = S2-S23 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2009.70 | PMID = 19494850 }}</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney''.<ref name=pmid16258504>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brandal | first1 = P. | last2 = Lie | first2 = AK. | last3 = Bassarova | first3 = A. | last4 = Svindland | first4 = A. | last5 = Risberg | first5 = B. | last6 = Danielsen | first6 = H. | last7 = Heim | first7 = S. | title = Genomic aberrations in mucinous tubular and spindle cell renal cell carcinomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 2 | pages = 186-94 | month = Feb | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800499 | PMID = 16258504 }}</ref>
*Accepted by WHO in 2004 as a separate entity.<ref name=pmid19805959>{{cite journal |author=Geramizadeh B, Salehipour M, Moradi A |title=Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of kidney: a rare case report and review of the literature |journal=Indian J Pathol Microbiol |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=514–6 |year=2009 |pmid=19805959 |doi=10.4103/0377-4929.56144 |url=}}</ref>
{{Main|Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma}}
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid19066686>{{cite journal |author=Trabelsi A, Stita W, Yacoubi MT, Rammeh S, Hmissa S, Korbi S |title=Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma |journal=Can Urol Assoc J |volume=2 |issue=6 |pages=635–6 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19066686 |pmc=2593603 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Mucin - may be scant.
*Spindle cells.
 
DDx:
*Sarcomatoid papillary RCC. (???) <ref name=pmid18941398>{{cite journal |author=Dhillon J, Amin MB, Selbs E, Turi GK, Paner GP, Reuter VE |title=Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney with sarcomatoid change |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=44–9 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=18941398 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181829ed5 |url=}}</ref>
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid16231179>{{cite journal |author=Ferlicot S, Allory Y, Compérat E, ''et al.'' |title=Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma: a report of 15 cases and a review of the literature |journal=Virchows Arch. |volume=447 |issue=6 |pages=978–83 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16231179 |doi=10.1007/s00428-005-0036-x |url=}}</ref>
*CD10 -ve.
*AE1/AE3 +ve.
*AMACR +ve.
*CK7 +ve.


==Collecting duct carcinoma==
==Collecting duct carcinoma==
===Epidemiology===
{{Main|Collecting duct carcinoma}}
*Rare.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_GUP295>{{Ref GUP|295}}</ref>
*Tubular structures with tapered ends.
*High grade nuclear features (nuclear pleomorphism).
*High mitotic rate.
*[[Hobnail pattern]] - cell width smaller at basement membrane than free surface ??? <ref>{{Ref PBoD|1018}}</ref>


==Renal medullary carcinoma==
==Renal medullary carcinoma==
===General===
{{Main|Renal medullary carcinoma}}
*Rare.
*Usually young adults.
*Associated with sickle cell trait (heterozygotes for the sickle cell allele).<ref name=pmid7528470>{{cite journal |author=Davis CJ, Mostofi FK, Sesterhenn IA |title=Renal medullary carcinoma. The seventh sickle cell nephropathy |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=1–11 |year=1995 |month=January |pmid=7528470 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Aggressive/poor prognosis.<ref name=pmid17643096>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Watanabe | first1 = IC. | last2 = Billis | first2 = A. | last3 = Guimarães | first3 = MS. | last4 = Alvarenga | first4 = M. | last5 = de Matos | first5 = AC. | last6 = Cardinalli | first6 = IA. | last7 = Filippi | first7 = RZ. | last8 = de Castro | first8 = MG. | last9 = Suzigan | first9 = S. | title = Renal medullary carcinoma: report of seven cases from Brazil. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 20 | issue = 9 | pages = 914-20 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800934 | PMID = 17643096 |url = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v20/n9/full/3800934a.html }}</ref>
 
Aside:
*Kidney disease assoc. with sickle cell disorders:<ref name=pmid7528470/>
*#Papillary necrosis.
*#Nephrotic syndrome.
*#Renal infarction.
*#Pyelonephritis.
 
===Gross===
Features:<ref name=pmid17643096>{{cite journal |author=Watanabe IC, Billis A, Guimarães MS, ''et al.'' |title=Renal medullary carcinoma: report of seven cases from Brazil |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=20 |issue=9 |pages=914–20 |year=2007 |month=September |pmid=17643096 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800934 |url=}}</ref>
*Well circumscribed.
*Renal medulla.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid7528470/><ref name=pmid17643096>{{cite journal |author=Watanabe IC, Billis A, Guimarães MS, ''et al.'' |title=Renal medullary carcinoma: report of seven cases from Brazil |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=20 |issue=9 |pages=914–20 |year=2007 |month=September |pmid=17643096 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800934 |url=}}</ref>
*Variable architecture:
**Reticular - classic.
**[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]-like appearance:
***Cystic spaces.
**Yolk sac-like.
**Tubular.
*Desmoplastic stroma - prominent.
*Inflammation:
**Lymphocytes.
**Neutrophils - margination in vessels.


DDx:
==Tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney==
*[[Yolk sac tumour]].
{{Main|Tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney}}
*[[Collecting duct carcinoma]].


Image:
==Acquired cystic disease-associated renal cell carcinoma==
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v20/n9/fig_tab/3800934f3.html#figure-title RMC (nature.com)].
{{Main|Acquired cystic disease-associated renal cell carcinoma}}


===IHC===
==Kidney metastasis==
*SMARCB1 (INI1) -ve.<ref name=Ref_WMSP286>{{Ref WMSP|286}}</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''renal metastasis'', ''metastatic kidney disease''.
{{Main|Kidney metastasis}}


=Pediatric=
=Pediatric=

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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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