ENDOCRINE CARCINOMA OF THE KIDNEY

Authors
GURLEY SD LUNA MA ORDONEZ NG MACKAY B
Citation
Sd. Gurley et al., ENDOCRINE CARCINOMA OF THE KIDNEY, Ultrastructural pathology, 21(3), 1997, pp. 307-310
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microscopy,Pathology
Journal title
Ultrastructural pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01913123
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
307 - 310
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-3123(1997)21:3<307:ECOTK>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A 4-cm mass in the right kidney of a 43-year-old female had an endocri ne appearance by light microscopy and electron microscopy confirmed th is impression, demonstrating the presence of numerous cytoplasmic gran ules of endocrine caliber. Unusual features were patchy immunoreactivi ty for chromogranin, and polarity of the granules within the neoplasti c cells. Extrarenal extension and liver metastasis were documented.