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Authors: Rabab Abdelwahed, M.D., Ph.D., Adebowale J. Adeniran, M.D., Nicole K. Andeen, M.D., Daniel A. Anderson, M.D., M.B.A., Tatjana Antic, M.D., Pedram Argani, M.D., Daniel Athanazio, M.D., Ph.D., Ritu Bhalla, M.D., Vincent Francis Castillo, M.D., Rose Chami, M.D., Hsin-Yi Chang, M.D., Lin Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., Bonnie Choy, M.D., J. Cody Craig, M.D. , Ellen D’Hooghe, M.D., Carla L. Ellis, M.D., M.S., Eduardo Eyzaguirre, M.D., Maria Laura Galluzzo Mutti, M.D., Alcino Pires Gama, M.D., Ian W. Gibson, M.B.Ch.B., M.D., Rachelle Gietzen, M.D., Jennifer B. Gordetsky, M.D., Jen-Fan Hang, M.D., Yong Jia, M.D., Deepika Kumar, M.D., Miao (Vivian) Lu, M.D., Gregory MacLennan, M.D., Timothy Isaac Miller, M.D., M.A., Behtash G. Nezami, M.D., Doreen Palsgrove, M.D., Anil Parwani, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Garrison Pease, M.D., Nat Pernick, M.D., Miruna Claudia Popescu, M.D., Deepak K. Pruthi, M.D., M.Sci.-T.S., Carol Rizkalla, M.B.B.Ch., B.A.O., Maxwell Rollins, M.D., Rola Saleeb, M.D., Ph.D., Daniel L. Shen, M.D., Amr Soliman, M.B.B.Ch., Maria Tretiakova, M.D., Ph.D., Aida Valencia, M.D., Gordan M. Vujanic, M.D., Ph.D., Bitania Wondimu, M.D., Ayesha Younus, M.B.B.S., Mandolin S. Ziadie, M.D., Debra L. Zynger, M.D.

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Table of contents
General:books features to report grossing & frozen section grading nonneoplastic kidney staging videos WHO classification WHO reporting system for kidney cytopathology (pending)
Childhood tumors:anaplastic sarcoma of the kidney clear cell sarcoma congenital mesoblastic nephroma metanephric adenofibroma metanephric stromal tumor TFE3 rearranged renal cell carcinoma nephroblastoma cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests ossifying renal tumor of infancy pediatric cystic nephroma rhabdoid tumor
Non-renal cell tumors:angiomyolipoma epithelioid angiomyolipoma glomus tumor hemangioblastoma hemangioma juxtaglomerular cell tumor leiomyoma metastases renomedullary interstitial cell tumor solitary fibrous tumor well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid)
Renal cell tumors - benign / indolent:adult cystic nephroma clear cell papillary renal cell tumor eosinophilic vacuolated tumor (EVT) low grade oncocytic tumor (LOT) metanephric adenoma mixed epithelial and stromal tumor multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential oncocytoma papillary adenoma papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity
Renal cell carcinoma - common:renal cell carcinoma overview chromophobe chromophobe eosinophilic variant clear cell papillary
Renal cell carcinoma - rare:acquired cystic disease associated collecting duct carcinoma eosinophilic, solid and cystic hybrid oncocytic chromophobe tumor mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma primary thyroid-like follicular rhabdoid sarcomatoid tubulocystic unclassified
Renal cell carcinoma - molecularly defined:ALK translocation ELOC (TCEB1) mutated FH deficient SMARCB1 deficient renal medullary carcinoma SDH deficient TFE3 rearranged renal cell carcinoma TFEB altered
Kidney stains - common: AE1/AE3 AMACR CAIX CAM5.2 CD10 CK7 CKIT EMA PAX8 RCC vimentin

Kidney stains - rare: BRAF cathepsin K CD57 chromogranin fumarate hydratase FLI1 HMB45 HMWCK INI1 MelanA p63 S100 SDHB SMA synaptophysin TFE3 uroplakin II WT1

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Index (Alphabetical table of contents)
A-E:acquired cystic disease associated adult cystic nephroma ALK translocation anaplastic sarcoma of the kidney angiomyolipoma chromophobe chromophobe eosinophilic variant clear cell clear cell papillary renal cell tumor clear cell sarcoma collecting duct carcinoma congenital mesoblastic nephroma cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma ELOC (TCEB1) mutated eosinophilic vacuolated tumor (EVT) eosinophilic, solid and cystic epithelioid angiomyolipoma
F-N:features to report FH deficient glomus tumor grading grossing & frozen section hemangioblastoma hemangioma hybrid oncocytic chromophobe tumor juxtaglomerular cell tumor leiomyoma low grade oncocytic tumor (LOT) metanephric adenofibroma metanephric adenoma metanephric stromal tumor metastases mixed epithelial and stromal tumor mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential nephroblastoma nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests nonneoplastic kidney
O-Z:oncocytoma ossifying renal tumor of infancy papillary papillary adenoma papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity pediatric cystic nephroma primary thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma overview renomedullary interstitial cell tumor rhabdoid rhabdoid tumor sarcomatoid SDH deficient SMARCB1 deficient renal medullary carcinoma solitary fibrous tumor staging TFE3 rearranged renal cell carcinoma TFEB altered tubulocystic unclassified videos well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid) WHO classification WHO reporting system for kidney cytopathology (pending)
Kidney tumor books

Amin: 2022

Cheng: 2019

Eble: 2022

Fatima: 2019

IARC: 2022

Jennette: 2023

Jiang: 2023

Lara: 2015

Pritchard-Jones: 2015

Tickoo: 2015

VandenBussche: 2022

Wobker: 2021

Yang: 2020

Zhou: 2022

Zhou: 2022



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