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Notes:
Notes:
*May have [[psammoma bodies]].
#May have [[psammoma bodies]].
#May appear similar to oncotyoma -- particularily the eosinophilic variant.
#*A comparison based on histomorphology: ''[[Kidney_tumours#Tabular_comparison_of_oncocytoma_and_chromophobe_RCC|Tabular comparison between ChRCC & oncocytoma]]''.
#**No perinuclear clearing in oncocytoma.


Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg Oncocytic chromophobe RCC (WC)].
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oncocytic_chromophobe_rcc_high_mag.jpg Oncocytic chromophobe RCC (WC)].
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DDx:
DDx:
*May appear similar to oncotyoma -- particularily the eosinophilic variant.
*May appear similar to oncotyoma -- particularily the eosinophilic variant.
**A comparison based on histomorphology: ''[[Kidney_tumours#Tabular_comparison_of_oncocytoma_and_chromophobe_RCC|Tabular comparison between ChRCC & oncocytoma]]''.
***No perinuclear clearing in oncocytoma.
**IHC may be useful to differentiate (CK7: oncocytoma = cytoplasm +ve, chromophobe = cell membrane +ve).
**IHC may be useful to differentiate (CK7: oncocytoma = cytoplasm +ve, chromophobe = cell membrane +ve).
*Classic ChRCC may be challenging to differentiate from clear cell RCC.
*Classic ChRCC may be challenging to differentiate from clear cell RCC.
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