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'''Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma''' is a rare [[kidney tumour]]. | '''Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma''', abbreviated '''MCRCC''', is a rare [[kidney tumour]]. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Revision as of 02:26, 5 January 2015
Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma, abbreviated MCRCC, is a rare kidney tumour.
General
- No recurrences or metastasis in the literature.[1]
- This makes one wonder... is it really cancer.
- Case report rare.[2]
Gross
Features:[1]
- Cystic with thin septa.
- Well circumscribed.
Note:
- This tumour, radiologically, can often be separated from other cystic tumours.[3]
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Polygonal cells within the septa.
- Clear cytoplasm.
- +/-Calcification (common).
DDx:
- Cystic renal disease with macrophages in the septa.
- Cystic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
- Tubulocystic carcinoma.
IHC
- EMA +ve.
- Keratins +ve.
- CD68 -ve.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 292. ISBN 978-0781765275.
- ↑ Agarwal, S.; Agrawal, U.; Mohanty, NK.; Saxena, S. (Mar 2011). "Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: a case report of a rare entity.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 135 (3): 290-2. doi:10.1043/2010-0243-LE.1. PMID 21366448.
- ↑ You, D.; Shim, M.; Jeong, IG.; Song, C.; Kim, JK.; Ro, JY.; Hong, JH.; Ahn, H. et al. (Jul 2011). "Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: clinicopathological features and preoperative prediction using multiphase computed tomography.". BJU Int. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10247.x. PMID 21722289.