Tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney: Clinicopathologic analysis of 31 cases of a distinctive rare subtype of renal cell carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 384-392

  Amin, Mahul B ^a,i   MacLennan, Gregory T ^b   Gupta, Ruta ^a   Grignon, David ^c   Paraf, Francois ^f   Vieillefond, Annick ^g   Paner, Gladell P ^a   Stovsky, Mark ^b   Young, Andrew N ^d   Srigley, John R ^h   Cheville, John C ^e  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Clarion Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Institut Cochin   (France)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Cedars Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression profiling; Histologic subtypes; Immunohistochemistry; Metastasis; Pathologic stage; Pathology; Renal cell carcinoma; Tubulocystic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; TUBULOCYSTIC CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; KIDNEY TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 62849114818     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181872d3f     Document Type: Article

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