A Composite Renal Tumor with Dual Differentiation, Chromophobe and Collecting Duct Carcinoma

Lauren Pearson; Douglas J. Taatjes; Michele von Turkovich; Benjamin J. King; Maryam Zenali

doi:10.1155/2018/2410920

Case Reports in Pathology (Jan 2018)

A Composite Renal Tumor with Dual Differentiation, Chromophobe and Collecting Duct Carcinoma

Lauren Pearson,
Douglas J. Taatjes,
Michele von Turkovich,
Benjamin J. King,
Maryam Zenali

Affiliations

Lauren Pearson: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, USA
Douglas J. Taatjes: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, USA
Michele von Turkovich: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, USA
Benjamin J. King: Department of Urology, University of Vermont Medical Center, USA
Maryam Zenali: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2410920
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2018

Abstract

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Chromophobe carcinoma constitutes a small subset of all renal carcinomas. Within this category, rare tumors with divergent differentiation have been recognized. Herein, we report a rare case of composite chromophobe and collecting duct carcinoma and describe its pathologic and clinical features.

Published in Case Reports in Pathology

ISSN: 2090-6781 (Print); 2090-679X (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1479

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