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==Unclassified renal cell carcinoma==
==Unclassified renal cell carcinoma==
*Abbreviated ''URCC''.
*Abbreviated ''URCC''.
===General===
{{Main|Unclassified renal cell carcinoma}}
*Uncommon.
*A WHO classification ''diagnosis of exclusion''.
*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/>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Malignant tumour that is one of the following:<ref name=Ref_WMSP293>{{Ref WMSP|293}}</ref><ref name=pmid22404824>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lopez-Beltran | first1 = A. | last2 = Kirkali | first2 = Z. | last3 = Montironi | first3 = R. | last4 = Blanca | first4 = A. | last5 = Algaba | first5 = F. | last6 = Scarpelli | first6 = M. | last7 = Yorukoglu | first7 = K. | last8 = Hartmann | first8 = A. | last9 = Cheng | first9 = L. | title = Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: a report of 56 cases. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 110 | issue = 6 | pages = 786-93 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10934.x | PMID = 22404824 }}</ref>
*#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).<ref name=pmid22404824/>
 
DDx:
*[[Clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Collecting duct carcinoma]].
*Undifferentiated carcinoma.
*[[Kidney metastasis]] - typically metastatic carcinoma.


=Renal translocation carcinomas=
=Renal translocation carcinomas=
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