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In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Walking the thin line-Low-grade oncocytic tumor of kidney: An emerging entity
Mayur Parkhi1, Debajyoti Chatterjee2, Ashwani Kumar3
1Senior Resident (Histopathology), PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Abstract:
Low-grade oncocytic tumor (LOT) of kidney is a newly emerging provisional renal tumor entity that carries good prognosis. Here we present a case of low grade oncocytic tumor of kidney in a 68-year-old male with detailed immunohistochemical and ultrastructural description, to add to the existing knowledge about this entity. The importance of documenting low-grade oncocytoma in the literature is its indolent clinical behavior, characteristics gross and microscopic, and immunohistochemical features. The diagnosis of low-grade oncocytoma can be suspected on morphological ground but should be confirmed by immunohistochemistry.
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