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===General===
===General===
*Rare.
*Rare.
*Assoc. with sickle cell trait and sickle cell anemia.<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>
*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>


===Gross===
===Gross===
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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>
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:
*Variable architecture:
**Reticular - classic.
**[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]-like appearance:
**[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]-like appearance:
***Cystic spaces.
***Cystic spaces.
**Yolk sac-like.
**Yolk sac-like.
**Tubular.
**Tubular.
*Desmoplastic stroma.
*Desmoplastic stroma - prominent.
*Inflammation:
*Inflammation:
**Lymphocytes.
**Lymphocytes.
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*Renal infarction.  
*Renal infarction.  
*Pyelonephritis.
*Pyelonephritis.
Image:
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v20/n9/fig_tab/3800934f3.html#figure-title RMC (nature.com)].


=Pediatric=
=Pediatric=
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