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Comparing Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Model Established in Mouse Kidney and on Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane
Published on: February 8, 2020
Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma is a subtype of clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Shams Halat1, John N Eble, David J Grignon
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Abstract:
Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma is an uncommon low grade renal cell carcinoma with unique morphologic features. Its cytogenetic characteristics have not been fully investigated. Its relationship to typical clear cell renal cell carcinoma is uncertain. We evaluated 19 cases of multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma diagnosed by strict morphologic criteria using the 2004 WHO classification system. The control group consisted of 19 low grade (Fuhrman grades 1 or 2) clear cell renal cell carcinomas. Chromosome 3p deletion status was determined by dual color interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. Chromosome 3p deletion was identified in 17 out of 19 (89%) of the clear cell renal cell carcinoma cases and 14 out of 19 (74%) of the multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma cases, respectively. There was no difference in the status of chromosome 3p deletion between clear cell renal cell carcinoma and multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma (P=0.40). These results support the concept that multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma as a subtype of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
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