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Tumors of the Kidney

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Ever since the first renal neoplasm was reported nearly 200 years ago, it has become evident that a very large number of neoplasms of diverse types can arise within the kidney. Especially in the past 50 years, classification systems for renal neoplasms have become increasingly sophisticated as distinctive morphologic patterns in renal neoplasms have been recognized and correlated with clinical findings. Ancillary diagnostic tools, including electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, cytogenetics, and molecular diagnostic techniques have made it possible to detect distinctions between various types of renal neoplasms. Taking into consideration the contributions of numerous investigators over many decades, the most recent World Health Organization classification of renal neoplasms encompassed nearly 50 distinctive renal neoplasms, and it is inevitable that the next version of this classification will include several newly recognized renal neoplasms. In this chapter, we examine a number of these entities, particularly those most often encountered clinically and submitted for pathologic evaluation.

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  1. Urology and Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Director of Surgical Pathology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Gregory T. MacLennan MD

  2. Fellowship in Urologic Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Liang Cheng MD

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  1. School of Medicine, Dept. Pathology, Indiana University, N. University Blvd. 550, Indianapolis, 46202, Indiana, USA

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MacLennan, G.T., Cheng, L. (2011). Tumors of the Kidney. In: Cheng, L., Bostwick, D. (eds) Essentials of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6043-6_35

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