Collecting duct carcinoma versus renal medullary carcinoma: an appeal for nosologic and biological clarity

Mahul B Amin; Steven C Smith; Abbas Agaimy; Pedram Argani; Eva Marie Compérat; Brett Delahunt; Jonathan I Epstein; John N Eble; David J Grignon; Arndt Hartmann; Ondřej Hes; Michelle S Hirsch; Rafael E Jimenez; Lakshmi P Kunju; Guido Martignoni; Jesse K McKenney; Holger Moch; Rodolfo Montironi; Gladell P Paner; Priya Rao; John R Srigley; Satish K Tickoo; Victor E Reuter

doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000000222

Collecting duct carcinoma versus renal medullary carcinoma: an appeal for nosologic and biological clarity

Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Jul;38(7):871-4. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000222.

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA ‡Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD ¶Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN **Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA ††Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN ‡‡Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI ∥∥Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH ***Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL †††Department of Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX §§§Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY †Institute of Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany §Department of Pathology, Groupe Hospitalier La Pitie-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France ∥Department of Pathology, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand #Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic §§Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona ##Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy ¶¶Department of Pathology, University of Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ‡‡‡Department Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

PMID: 24805860
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000222

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / chemistry
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / classification
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / genetics
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Kidney Medulla / chemistry
Kidney Medulla / pathology*
Kidney Neoplasms / chemistry
Kidney Neoplasms / classification
Kidney Neoplasms / genetics
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Kidney Tubules, Collecting / chemistry
Kidney Tubules, Collecting / pathology*
Neoplasm Grading
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Terminology as Topic

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor