scholarly journals Renal Adenomas: Pathological Differential Diagnosis with Malignant Tumors

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Algaba

The renal adenomas can be confused by imaging diagnosis with malignant renal tumors, but there are also real biological dilemmas to determine their behavior. The consensus decisions are the following. (1) The adenoma of clear cells is not accepted, instead it is considered that all the clear-cell tumors are carcinomas, with greater or lesser aggressiveness. (2) Among the papillary neoplasms the WHO 2004 renal cell tumors classification are considered as papillary adenomas tumors with a maximum diameter of 5 mm and may represent a continuum biological process to papillary renal cell carcinoma. The papillary adenomas associated with End-kidney and/or acquired cystic disease may have a different pathogenesis. (3) To consider a tumor as an oncocytoma the size is not important, only the cytological features, microscopic, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemically can help, but some chromosomal observations introduce some questions about its relation with the chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. (4) Finally, the metanephric adenoma, a tumor with some morphological similarity with the nephroblastoma must be considered in the renal adenomas diagnosis.

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Ji Yeon Kim

Renal adenomatosis is a rare disease characterized by numerous adenomas in bilateral kidneys. A literature review shows that malignant tumors can arise in this condition. The present case describes an oncocytic papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC) arising in renal adenomatosis. A 70-year-old man presented with incidentally identified, multiple right renal masses on computed tomography. Right nephrectomy was performed, and the resected kidney revealed numerous radiologically undetected small nodules additionally. Microscopically, the nodules were papillary neoplasms of variable sizes and cytological features. The largest nodule measured 1.6 cm and was composed of oncocytic cells, meeting the diagnostic criteria of oncocytic PRCC. The smaller nodules of papillary adenomas and tiny lesions showing a single papillary ingrowth were also seen. This case exhibits a spectrum of renal papillary neoplasms in a resected kidney and can be a valuable case in the understanding of tumorigenesis.


2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Laura Galluzzo ◽  
Maria T. Garcia de Davila ◽  
Gordan M. Vujanić

A coexistence of different renal tumors has rarely been reported. The most commonly described association is of Wilms tumor and renal cell carcinoma. Metanephric adenofibroma has also been associated with Wilms tumor or papillary renal cell carcinoma. Another reported association is metanephric adenoma and papillary renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid dedifferentiation. Herein we describe a complex renal tumor containing areas of metanephric adenofibroma, Wilms tumor, and undifferentiated renal cell carcinoma in a previously healthy 18-year-old boy. The tumor showed histologic and immunohistochemical features of these 3 different tumors, offering additional support to the view that these 3 tumors are related.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 357-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Russo ◽  
Robert G. Uzzo ◽  
William Thomas Lowrance ◽  
Aviva Asnis-Alibozek ◽  
Norman David LaFrance ◽  
...  

357 Background: Use of cross-sectional imaging has increased the detection rate for small renal tumors; more patients now present with early-stage renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or benign or indolent renal masses. Histopathology after surgical resection is the definitive method for characterizing renal tumors. Stage migration of renal masses creates uncertainty about the percentage of resected masses that will be benign vs malignant. We sought to better define these proportions through a targeted review of the literature. Methods: PubMed/select congresses were searched to identify the histologic classification of renal masses in a representative sample from the contemporary literature: [search] incidence AND (renal cell carcinoma AND benign); incidence AND (renal tumor AND benign); percentage AND (renal cell carcinoma AND benign); limit: 2003–2011. Results: Most representative studies included procedures conducted in the mid-1990s to the mid-to-late 2000s. Studies origin was US (n=8), Korea (n=3), China, Japan, Germany, Austria, Australia, and multisite (Israel/France/US; all n=1). Only 8 studies had n≥500 (range, 70–10,404). The proportion of benign masses are shown (see Table); half of the studies reported values between 16% and 17%. The majority found that benign tumors were more likely to be smaller in size (<4 or <7 cm) than malignant tumors. 11 studies reported the RCC subtype (% clear cell range, 46%–83%). Conclusions: Benign renal tumors occur ~15% of the time and are more prevalent among small masses. Nearly 25% of resected lesions are benign or indolent and may not require surgery. Preoperative discrimination of more aggressive renal masses would be an important clinical advance that could improve clinicians’ diagnostic confidence and guide patient management. Funding: Wilex AG/IBA Molecular. [Table: see text]


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Abelardo Loya-Solis ◽  
Lucía Alemán-Meza ◽  
Luis Carlos Canales-Martínez ◽  
Rodolfo Franco-Márquez ◽  
Alim Adriana Rincón-Bahena ◽  
...  

Renal cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the kidney in adults. In children, however, it only accounts for an estimated 1.8 to 6.3% of all pediatric malignant renal tumors. Papillary renal cell carcinoma is the second most common type of renal cell carcinoma in children. We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with a 2-month history of abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss, and gross hematuria. Computed tomography revealed a horseshoe kidney and a well-defined mass of 4 cm arising from the lower pole of the right kidney. Microscopically the tumor was composed of papillae covered with cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and high-grade nuclei with prominent nucleoli. Immunohistochemistry was performed; EMA, Vimentin, and AMACR were strongly positive while CK7, CD10, RCC antigen, TFE3, HMB-45, and WT-1 were negative. Currently, 10 months after the surgical procedure, the patient remains clinically and radiologically disease-free.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanyong Bing ◽  
John E. Tomaszewski

Renal transplantation increases the probability of malignant tumors by about 2–4-fold overall with a much higher rate for renal epithelial malignancy. Renal tumors in renal transplant recipients are commonly conventional clear cell or papillary renal cell carcinoma. Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma is a recently described unique renal epithelial neoplasm with scant eosinophilic or moderate amount of clear cytoplasm and pyknotic small nuclei oriented commonly toward the apical surfaces. No such tumor has been reported in renal transplant recipients. In this paper, we describe a clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma involving bilateral native kidneys in a patient who had received a renal transplant 2 years earlier. Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma commonly presents with low pathologic stage and lower Fuhrman grade and is clinically indolent. Additional cases are needed to evaluate the clinical behavior of this type of tumor in renal transplant recipients.


2013 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akinori Masuda ◽  
Takao Kamai ◽  
Tomoya Mizuno ◽  
Tsunehito Kambara ◽  
Hideyuki Abe ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Shiho Watanabe ◽  
Hiroshi Naganuma ◽  
Michio Shimizu ◽  
Satoshi Ota ◽  
Shin-ichi Murata ◽  
...  

Although nephroblastoma is the commonest renal tumor of childhood, it is rare in adults. In cases of predominantly epithelial type occurring in adulthood, it might be difficult to distinguish it from papillary renal cell carcinoma and metanephric adenoma. Here, we report three cases of adult epithelial nephroblastoma in 24-, 76-, and 21-year-old females. Histologically, the tumors were composed of papillotubular architectures of small and uniform tumor cells with high nucleocytoplasmic ratio without blastemal element. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for WT-1 and CD57 but negative for AMACR, which was helpful to exclude the possibility of papillary renal cell carcinoma. Metanephric adenoma is a benign tumor, which can be distinguished by the observation of the cellular atypism and growth pattern. However, nephroblastoma with predominant epithelial element mimics the malignant counterpart of metanephric adenoma, that is, “metanephric adenocarcinoma.”


Author(s):  
Niccolo Lenci ◽  
Pierconti Francesco ◽  
Eros Scarciglia ◽  
Vincenzo Fiorentino ◽  
Mattia Schino ◽  
...  

Abstract Metanephric adenoma (MA) is an uncommon benign renal tumor whose histomorphological aspect resembles that of Wilms’ tumor and papillary renal cell carcinoma. From a diagnostic and therapeutic perspective, recognition of this entity is important as it has a more favorable clinical outcome compared with Wilms’ tumor and papillary renal cell carcinoma. MA should not be treated with nephrectomy if the tumor size is small, opting for a conservative treatment. However, the preoperative diagnosis of this disease is extremely challenging. The present study describes a case of this rare disease, showing an ambiguous radiological imaging and that only after a percutaneous biopsy, was defined as a MA and treated with partial nephrectomy. Moreover, the histological diagnosis of this case was partially complicated by the equivocal immunohistochemical analysis showing negativity for BRAF VE1 staining. Only the mutational analysis demonstrated the presence of the BRAF V600K mutation (for the first time described in a case of metanephric adenoma), highlighting the necessity of sequencing in case of MA with negativity for BRAF VE1 clone.


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