SMARCB1-deficient renal medullary carcinoma

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Renal medullary carcinoma, abbreviated RMC, is a rare malignant kidney tumour associated with sickle cell trait and a poor prognosis.

General

  • Rare.
  • Usually young adults.
  • Associated with sickle cell trait (heterozygotes for the sickle cell allele).[1]
  • Aggressive/poor prognosis.[2]

Aside:

Gross

Features:[2]

  • Well circumscribed.
  • Renal medulla.

Microscopic

Features:[1][2]

  • Variable architecture:
  • Desmoplastic stroma - prominent.
  • Inflammation:
    • Lymphocytes.
    • Neutrophils - margination in vessels.

DDx:

Image

IHC

  • SMARCB1 (INI1) -ve.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Davis CJ, Mostofi FK, Sesterhenn IA (January 1995). "Renal medullary carcinoma. The seventh sickle cell nephropathy". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 19 (1): 1–11. PMID 7528470.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Watanabe, IC.; Billis, A.; Guimarães, MS.; Alvarenga, M.; de Matos, AC.; Cardinalli, IA.; Filippi, RZ.; de Castro, MG. et al. (Sep 2007). "Renal medullary carcinoma: report of seven cases from Brazil.". Mod Pathol 20 (9): 914-20. doi:10.1038/modpathol.3800934. PMID 17643096. http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v20/n9/full/3800934a.html. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "pmid17643096" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "pmid17643096" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 286. ISBN 978-0781765275.
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