Chromophobe Renal Carcinoma
Epidemiology:
Common sites:
Gross features:
Histologic features:
Immunophenotype:
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Sensitivity: |
Specificity: |
Hale’s
colloidal iron (stains acid mucopolysaccharides) |
May be focal,
weak, or even absent in cases with predominantly eosinophilic cells |
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Pancytokeratin |
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CK7 (accentuated at
the cell membrane) |
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In oncocytoma, only scattered cells or small clumps of cells
react |
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Parvalbumin |
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Vimentin (neg) (positive in sarcomatoid
areas) |
“Virtually
always” |
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CD10 (neg) |
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HMWK (neg) |
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Molecular features:
Other features:
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