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renal oncocytic tumors

Thursday 4 May 2017

oncocytic renal tumors

Distinction between renal oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma can be challenging.

Diagnostic criteria for borderline cases remain incompletely understood.

Rare mitotic figures and limited CK7 staining are most agreed upon for oncocytoma.

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 Diagnostic criteria for oncocytic renal neoplasms: a survey of urologic pathologists. 2017. doi : 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.03.004