Kidney tumours
Kidney tumours - includes malignant kidney tumours (kidney cancer) and benign kidney tumours. Medical renal diseases are dealt with in the medical renal diseases article.
Pediatric kidney tumours are dealt with in the pediatric kidney tumours article.
Renal specimens
- Renal biopsy - usually for renal oncocytoma vs. renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or medical diseases - see medical kidney.
- Partial nephrectomy.
- Nephrectomy.
- Nephroureterectomy (includes ureter) - done for urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the renal pelvis and ureteric UCC.
- Radical nephrectomy - includes Gerota's fascia.
- May include the adrenal gland.[1]
In excisions done for tumours, a comment should be made about kidney distant from the tumour. People with less renal mass, i.e. less kidney, are predisposed to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
Anatomy
Layers (superficial to deep):
- Renal fascia (Gerota's fascia).
- Perinephric fat.
- Renal capsule.
- Renal parenchyma (cortex).
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Missed renal biopsy
Tabular comparison (selected tumours)
Selected common tumours of the kidney:[2][3]
Clear cell RCC | Papillary RCC type 1 |
Papillary RCC type 2 |
Chromophobe RCC classic variant |
Chromophobe RCC eosinophilic variant |
Oncocytoma | |
Gross | Golden yellow, solid | friable | friable | light brown | light brown | mahogany/brown, +/-central scar |
Architecture | nests, sheets | papillary, simple | papillary, pseudostratified |
nests, sheets | nests, sheets | nests, sheets |
Nuclear atypia | low-high typically medium-high |
low-medium | medium-high | low-high, "raisinoid" nuc. membrane |
low-high, "raisinoid" nuc. membrane |
low-medium, round nuclei |
Cytoplasm | clear | eosinophilic | eosinophilic | cobwebs/clear | eosinophilic/cobwebs | eosinophilic/ granular & abundant |
Other | delicate vessels, necrosis common |
histiocytes in fibrovascular cores, >0.5 cm |
histiocytes in fibrovascular cores, >0.5 cm |
perinuclear clearing, thick vessels | perinuclear clearing, thick vessels | in loose fibrous/hyaline stroma |
IHC | CK7-, EMA+ | AMACR+, EMA+, CK7+ | AMACR+, E-cadherin+, CK7- | CD117+, CK7+ (membrane) | CD117+, CK7+ (membrane) | Vimentin-, EMA+ |
Main DDx | chromophobe classic variant |
PaRCC type 2, mets | PaRCC type 1, mets | clear cell RCC | oncocytoma | chromophobe eosinophilic variant |
Key features | clear cells, vascular | papillae, histiocytes simple epithelium |
papillae, histiocytes, stratified |
perinuc. clearing, wispy cytoplasm |
perinuc. clearing, wispy eosinophilic cytoplasm |
eosinophilic, granular cytoplasm |
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Notes:
- Cell shape: all have epithelioid morphology.
Tabular comparison of oncocytoma and chromophobe RCC
Histomorphologic features useful to distinguish chromophobe RCC (eosinophilic variant) and oncocytoma:[4]
Morphologic feature | ChRCC (eosinophilic variant) |
Renal oncocytoma |
---|---|---|
Nuclear morphology | "raisinoid"/wrinkled appearance | round with small nucleolus, usu. little size variation |
Multinucleation | common - binucleation | uncommon |
Chromatin | coarse | fine |
Architecture | solid, crowded nests | spaced nests / archipelago-like, solid |
Cytoplasm | perinuclear halo, may be focal | no perinuclear halo |
Degenerative foci (focal atypia & pleomorphism) |
absent | present in ~20% of cases |
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Common DDx
Spindle cell tumours
Malignant spindle cell tumours of the kidney:
- Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation.
- Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma.
- Wilms tumour.
- Renal cell carcinoma, unclassified.
Benign spindle cell tumours of the kidney:
Renal tumours with eosinophilic cytoplasm
WHO classification of renal neoplasia
- Based on 2004 iteration - as per WMSP, slightly modified.[5] Online, the classification can found here.
Renal cell tumours
Common:
- Clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
- Papillary renal cell carcinoma.
- Papillary adenoma.
- Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.
- Oncocytoma.
Less common:
- Multilocular clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
- Carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini.
- Renal cell carcinoma, unclassified.
- Renal medullary carcinoma.
- Xp11 translocation carcinoma.
- Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma.
- Carcinoma associated with neuroblastoma.
Metanephric tumours
Nephroblastic tumours
- Nephrogenic rests.
- Nephroblastoma.
Mesenchymal tumours
Childhood:
Adults:
- Unique to kidney:
Other:
- Angiomyolipoma.
- Epithelioid angiomyolipoma.
- Leiomyosarcoma.
- Angiosarcoma.
- Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma.
- Hemangiopericytoma.
- Solitary fibrous tumour.
- Osteosarcoma.
- Schwannoma.
Mixed mesenchymal and epithelial tumours
Others
- Neuroendocrine tumours.
- Hematologic tumours.
- Germ cell tumours.
- Metastases.
Vancouver modification of WHO classification
In 2012/2013, several additions were made:[6]
- Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma.
- Acquired cystic disease associated renal cell carcinoma.
- Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma (clear cell tubulopapillary renal cell carcinoma).
- Hereditary leiomyomatosis renal cell carcinoma syndrome associated renal cell carcinoma.
- MiT family translocation renal cell carcinoma - includes:
"Emerging" entities (as per Vancouver) are:
- Thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma.
- Succinate dehydrogenase-deficient renal cell carcinoma.
- ALK translocation renal cell carcinoma.
An entity proposed after Vancouver
- Eosinophilic, solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma.
- Biphasic hyalinizing psammomatous renal cell carcinoma.
- Papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity.
- Low-grade oncocytic renal tumour.
Renal cell carcinoma
Overview
General
- Relatively common form of cancer.
- Often abbreviated RCC.
- AKA hypernephroma.[7]
- RCC represents approx. 90% of malignancies in kidneys of adults.[8]
Origin
- Proximal renal tubule.
Clinical
- Classically described as a triad:[9]
- Hematuria (most common symptom).
- Abdominal mass.
- Flank pain.
- Frequently picked-up on imaging (incidentaloma) ~ 1/3 of cases.
Risk factors
- Smoking - most important.[8]
- Chemical exposures (arsenic, asbestos, cadmium, organic solvents, pesticides, fungal toxins).[8]
- Chronic renal failure.
- Male>female (~2:1).
- Hereditary - familial syndromes (see Hereditary RCC).
- Obesity.[10]
Subtypes of RCC
RCC (renal cell carcinoma) comes in different subtypes:[11]
- Clear cell carcinoma (70-80% of RCC) -- abbrev. CCRCC.
- Papillary renal cell carcinoma (10-15% of RCC) -- abbrev. PRCC.
- Chromophobe renal carcinoma (5% of RCC) -- abbrev. ChRCC.
- Collecting duct (Bellini duct) carcinoma (1% of RCC).
Notes:
- Subtype is an independent predictor of mortality - but adds very little to multivariate models with staging information.[12]
- CCRCC tends to be worse than ChRCC and PRCC, probably due to higher incidence of mets.[13]
- The exam answer (worst to best): clear cell RCC, papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC.
IHC - is it RCC?
- RCC Ma (+), CD10 (+) -- specific for RCC[14]
IHC - differentiation of types
- Clear cell RCC vs. papillary RCC:
- CK7 (-ve CCRCC), AMACR (+ve in PRCC).[15]
- Papillary RCC type 1 vs. papillary RCC type 2:
- ChRCC vs. oncocytoma (ONC):
- CK7 (ChRCC +ve membrane), CK20, CD15.[15]
- CK7 -- ChRCC 86% +ve vs. ONC 0% +ve.[17]
- CD15 -- ChRCC 11% +ve vs. ONC 57% +ve.[18]
- Hale's colloidal iron +ve in ChRCC, usually neg. in ONC.[19]
- PAX2 -- ChRCC (1/11) +ve vs. ONC (20/23) +ve.[20]
- Kidney-specific cadherin (Ksp-cadherin) -- ChRCC 97% +ve (distinctive membrane pattern) vs. ONC only 3% +ve.[21]
- ChRCC & renal oncocytoma vs. others:
- CD117 (ckit) +ve (100% membrane, ~75% cytoplasmic).[22]
- Clear cell RCC vs. chromophobe RCC:
- Hale's colloidal iron (+ve in ChRCC).[19]
- CK7 (cell membrane +ve in ChRCC).
Notes:
- One paper[23] describes CD10, parvalbumin, AMACR, CK7 and S100A1 as being useful.
- Another paper I came across:[24]
- c-kit (CD117) not useful for differentiating ONC and ChRCC.[20]
- E-cadherin not useful for differentiating ChRCC and ONC.[25]
RCC vs. Urothelial cell carcinoma
- Clinically/radiologically, it may not be possible to differentiate renal pelvis UCC and RCC if the tumour is large.
- Pathologically, this is not very difficult.
- On gross specimens, it is almost always obvious what one is dealing with:
- UCC = nephroureterectomy.
- RCC = partial nephrectomy, nephrectomy or radical nephrectomy.
Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation
- AKA sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma.
Renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid morphology
- AKA renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid change.
Hereditary renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma grading
Renal cell carcinoma staging
Renal sinus invasion
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma
Papillary renal cell carcinoma
Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Clear cell papillary renal cell tumour
In the past, it was known as clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma.
Unclassified renal cell carcinoma
- Abbreviated URCC.
Renal translocation carcinomas
Renal tumour with Xp11.2 translocation
Renal tumour with t(6;11) translocation
- AKA t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma.
Benign tumours
Papillary adenoma of the kidney
- AKA renal papillary adenoma.
Renal oncocytoma
Angiomyolipoma
- Abbreviated AML.
Mimics
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
- Abbreviated XGP.
Malakoplakia
Rare stuffs
Juxtaglomerular cell tumour
Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour
Metanephric adenoma
- Should not be confused mesonephric adenoma, another term for nephrogenic adenoma.
- Memory device: metanephric adenoma is a tumour.
Renal epithelial and stromal tumour
- Abbreviated REST.
The lumping term for both:[28]
Mixed epithelial and stromal tumour
- Abbreviated MEST.
Cystic nephroma
Renal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma
- AKA renal mucinous tubular spindle cell carcinoma.
- AKA mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney.[29]
Collecting duct carcinoma
Renal medullary carcinoma
Tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney
Acquired cystic disease-associated renal cell carcinoma
Kidney metastasis
- AKA renal metastasis, metastatic kidney disease.
Pediatric
The most common is nephroblastoma (Wilms tumour).
Others include:
- Metanephric stromal tumour.
- Metanephric adenofibroma
- Metanephric adenoma.
- Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney.
See also
- Urinary bladder.
- Medical kidney.
- Malakoplakia - yellow lesion on gross; may mimic RCC.
References
- ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 288. ISBN 978-0781765275.
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