Definition
Renal mixed epithelial and stromal tumor is an uncommon complex biphasic neoplasm which occurs in adults.
Clinical Features
Incidence
The tumor comprises less than 1% of all renal neoplasms.
Age
The mean age is around 50 years.
Sex
There is a striking female predominance. The tumors are related to hormonal factors (Adsay et al. 2000).
Site
There is no site predominance.
Treatment
It is typically cured by nephrectomy.
Outcome
Renal mixed epithelial and stromal tumor is an indolent tumor, although malignant transformation has been reported with a morphology resembling stromal sarcoma and carcinosarcoma (Svec et al. 2001).
Macroscopy
The tumor is a solid or solid and cystic mass.
Microscopy
It is mainly composed of stroma with a variable amount of cysts. The stromal component varied from paucicellular fibrous tissue to markedly cellular areas sometimes resembling ovarian stroma. Condensation of...
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Adsay, N. V., Eble, J. N., Srigley, J. R., et al. (2000). Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 24, 958–970.
Caliò, A., Eble, J. N., Grignon, D. J., & Delahunt, B. (2016). Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney: A Clinicopathologic Study of 53 cases. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 40, 1538–1549.
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Svec, A., Hes, O., Michal, M., et al. (2001). Malignant mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney. Virchows Archive, 439, 700–702.
Turbiner, J., Amin, M. B., Humphrey, P. A., et al. (2007). Cystic nephroma and mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of kidney: a detailed clinicopathologic analysis of 34 cases and proposal for renal epithelial and stromal tumor (REST) as a unifying term. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 31, 489–500.
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Caliò, A., Segala, D., Martignoni, G. (2019). Renal Mixed Epithelial and Stromal Tumor. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4925-1
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