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===Protocol notes=== | ===Protocol notes=== | ||
*Tumour size cut points: <=4 cm, <=7 cm. | |||
===Alternate approaches=== | ===Alternate approaches=== | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 06:40, 28 July 2014
This article deals with the cut-up of total nephrectomy specimens. It includes radical nephrectomy with or without adrenal gland.
Partial nephrectomy specimens are dealt with separately.
Introduction
Nephrectomies are typically done for kidney tumours.
They come in three basics flavours:
- Partial nephrectomy.
- Nephrectomy.
- Radical nephrectomy - includes Gerota's fascia.
- Gerota's fascia is the fascia overlying the perinephric fat).
Protocol
Dimensions:
- Type: [total nephrectomy/radical nephrectomy].
- Laterality: [left / right].
- Weight: ___ grams.
- Size of specimen (superior-inferior, left-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm.
- Ureter (length x diameter): ___ x ___ cm.
- Renal vein (length x diameter): ___ x ___ cm.
- Renal artery (length x diameter): ___ x ___ cm.
- Adrenal gland: [___ x ___ x ___ cm / not identified].
- Inking of surface: [colour].
- Size of kidney (superior-inferior, left-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm.
- Perinephric fat (maximal dimension): ___ cm.
Tumour:
- Dimensions (superior-inferior, left-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm.
- Location: [upper pole / mid / lower pole].
- Colour: [yellow, tan, white].
- Circumscription: [well circumscribed / indeterminate / infiltrative border].
- Friability: [friable / not friable].
- Hemorrhage: [present / absent].
- Necrosis: [present / absent].
- Nearest margin: ___ cm.
- Extension into perinephric fat: [absent / not identified-pushing border / suspicious / present].
- Extension into renal hilar fat: [absent / not identified-pushing border / suspicious / present].
- Extension into the collecting system: [absent / suspicious / present].
- Extension into renal vein: [absent / suspicious / present].
Other:
- Non-tumour parenchyma: [cortex unremarkable / thinned].
- Collecting system mucosa: [smooth and regular / granular / irregular / dilated].
- Lymph nodes: [number of lymph nodes with [unremarkable cut surface / tumour] / not identified].
Representative sections are submitted:
- Renal vein margin.
- Ureter margin and renal artery margin.
- Tumour with nearest margin.
- Tumour and perinephric fat.
- Tumour and hilar fat.
- Normal kidney.
- Adrenal gland.
Protocol notes
- Tumour size cut points: <=4 cm, <=7 cm.