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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Cysts lined by simple epithelium with hobnailing. | *Cysts lined by simple epithelium with hobnailing - '''key feature'''. | ||
*Stroma has an ovarian look: | *Stroma has an ovarian look: | ||
**''Blue'' (basophilic). | **''Blue'' (basophilic). | ||
**''Spindle cells''. | **''Spindle cells''. | ||
Notes: | |||
*Parenchymal elements (e.g. glomueruli, tubules) are not found in the septa between the cysts. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cystic_nephroma_low_mag.jpg Cystic nephroma - low mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cystic_nephroma_low_mag.jpg Cystic nephroma - low mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cystic_nephroma_intermed_mag.jpg Cystic nephroma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cystic_nephroma_intermed_mag.jpg Cystic nephroma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | ||