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Modeling Spontaneous Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) in Mice Following Nephrectomy
Published on: April 29, 2014
Oncocytic renal neoplasms: diagnostic considerations
Neil A Abrahams1, Pheroze Tamboli
1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-7549, USA. nabrahams@unmc.edu
Abstract:
Advances in our understanding of renal neoplasia have resulted in recognition of numerous tumors that are composed predominantly of cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. This article discusses the features of renal oncocytoma (including oncocytosis), chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and clear cell RCC; explores the relationship between renal oncocytoma and chromophobe RCC; briefly discusses other tumors with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm; and emphasizes the differential diagnosis of such tumors.
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