[Renal capsuloma: description of a case with predominantly muscular differentiation]

Pathologica. 2003 Apr;95(2):119-22.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors report a case of Renal Capsuloma with a histologic biphasic pattern constituted of epithelioid and spindle cells. The lesion is observed in a nephrectomy specimen as incidental finding concurrent with a Papillary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of calices and renal pelvis. The lesion presents a distinct muscular immunophenotype (actin+, desmin+), with coexpression of the melanogenesis marker (HMB45+) in a lower cellular population. This combined immunophenotype is a characteristic feature of the Perivascular Epithelioid Cell's (PEC) lesions. Actually Renal Capsuloma is a PEC's lesion (Pecoma) closely related to Angiomyolipoma (AML). Particularly Capsuloma is thought as a variant of AML predominantly composed by muscular spindle cells (monotypic spindle cell-leiomyoma like variant of AML). In the presented case the spindle cell component is associated with an epithelioid cellular population which also shows a distinct muscular differentiation. The Authors have not found in the literature the association between Renal Capsuloma and Papillary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the renal pelvis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Actins / analysis
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Desmin / analysis
  • Epithelioid Cells / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Kidney Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Melanoma-Specific Antigens
  • Middle Aged
  • Myoma / chemistry
  • Myoma / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Proteins / analysis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*

Substances

  • Actins
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Desmin
  • Melanoma-Specific Antigens
  • Neoplasm Proteins