Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 28, 2026
In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Differentiation of pathologic subtypes of papillary renal cell carcinoma on CT
Takayuki Yamada1, Mareyuki Endo, Masahiro Tsuboi
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. yamataka@rad.med.tohoku.ac.jp
Objective:
We reviewed the CT findings of the subtypes of papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which behave differently clinicopathologically.
Conclusion:
The CT features of the two pathologic subtypes of papillary RCC differ, probably reflecting their different pathologic features. Type 1 tumors have more distinct margins than type 2 tumors and have homogeneous density. Although type 2 tumors in the early stages show findings similar to those of type 1 tumors, they are at more advanced stages on the whole, with CT features showing indistinct margins, frequent centripetal infiltration, and tumor thrombi in all pT3b cases. Radiologists should be familiar with the CT features of papillary RCC that suggest different pathologic behaviors, such as tumor stage, tumor proliferation, and microvascular or vascular invasion.
More Related Videos
12:22The Use of Reverse Phase Protein Arrays (RPPA) to Explore Protein Expression Variation within Individual Renal Cell Cancers
Published on: January 22, 2013
10:29Semi-automatic PD-L1 Characterization and Enumeration of Circulating Tumor Cells from Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients by Immunofluorescence
Published on: August 14, 2019