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'''Unclassified renal cell carcinoma''', abbreviated '''URCC''', is a [[malignant]] epithelial tumour arising from the kidney parenchyma, i.e. a [[renal cell carcinoma]], that cannot be further classified. | '''Unclassified renal cell carcinoma''', abbreviated '''URCC''', is a [[malignant]] epithelial tumour arising from the [[kidney]] parenchyma, i.e. a [[renal cell carcinoma]], that cannot be further classified. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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*Worse prognosis than [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid17822461>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karakiewicz | first1 = PI. | last2 = Hutterer | first2 = GC. | last3 = Trinh | first3 = QD. | last4 = Pantuck | first4 = AJ. | last5 = Klatte | first5 = T. | last6 = Lam | first6 = JS. | last7 = Guille | first7 = F. | last8 = de La Taille | first8 = A. | last9 = Novara | first9 = G. | title = Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 100 | issue = 4 | pages = 802-8 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07148.x | PMID = 17822461 }}</ref> | *Worse prognosis than [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid17822461>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karakiewicz | first1 = PI. | last2 = Hutterer | first2 = GC. | last3 = Trinh | first3 = QD. | last4 = Pantuck | first4 = AJ. | last5 = Klatte | first5 = T. | last6 = Lam | first6 = JS. | last7 = Guille | first7 = F. | last8 = de La Taille | first8 = A. | last9 = Novara | first9 = G. | title = Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 100 | issue = 4 | pages = 802-8 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07148.x | PMID = 17822461 }}</ref> | ||
*High variation in the prevalence (when comparing institutions); this suggests a lack of uniformity in the diagnosis of this subtype.<ref name=pmid17822461/> | *High variation in the prevalence (when comparing institutions); this suggests a lack of uniformity in the diagnosis of this subtype.<ref name=pmid17822461/> | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Mass lesion arising from the kidney - solid and/or cystic. | |||
**Confined to kidney or predominantly within the kidney. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== |
Revision as of 19:26, 5 February 2015
Unclassified renal cell carcinoma, abbreviated URCC, is a malignant epithelial tumour arising from the kidney parenchyma, i.e. a renal cell carcinoma, that cannot be further classified.
General
- Uncommon.
- A WHO classification diagnosis of exclusion.
- Worse prognosis than clear cell renal cell carcinoma.[1]
- High variation in the prevalence (when comparing institutions); this suggests a lack of uniformity in the diagnosis of this subtype.[1]
Gross
- Mass lesion arising from the kidney - solid and/or cystic.
- Confined to kidney or predominantly within the kidney.
Microscopic
Features:
- Malignant tumour that is one of the following:[2][3]
- A combination of other RCC histologic types (~35% of cases of URCC).
- Has a "non-identifiable" pattern/unrecognizable cell type (~60% of cases of URCC).
- Pure sarcomatoid RCC without an identifiable (epithelioid) RCC subtype (~5% of cases of URCC).[3]
DDx:
- Clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
- Collecting duct carcinoma.
- Undifferentiated carcinoma.
- Kidney metastasis - typically metastatic carcinoma.
- Retroperitoneal sarcoma, e.g. pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma.
IHC
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karakiewicz, PI.; Hutterer, GC.; Trinh, QD.; Pantuck, AJ.; Klatte, T.; Lam, JS.; Guille, F.; de La Taille, A. et al. (Oct 2007). "Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases.". BJU Int 100 (4): 802-8. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07148.x. PMID 17822461.
- ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 293. ISBN 978-0781765275.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lopez-Beltran, A.; Kirkali, Z.; Montironi, R.; Blanca, A.; Algaba, F.; Scarpelli, M.; Yorukoglu, K.; Hartmann, A. et al. (Sep 2012). "Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: a report of 56 cases.". BJU Int 110 (6): 786-93. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10934.x. PMID 22404824.
- ↑ Carvalho, JC.; Thomas, DG.; McHugh, JB.; Shah, RB.; Kunju, LP. (Mar 2012). "p63, CK7, PAX8 and INI-1: an optimal immunohistochemical panel to distinguish poorly differentiated urothelial cell carcinoma from high-grade tumours of the renal collecting system.". Histopathology 60 (4): 597-608. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04093.x. PMID 22260386.