Fig. 9.1 Mucinous and tubular spindle cell carcinoma. (a) Inter-anastomosing cords of cells in a mucinous background are seen at low magnification. (b) Tumor cells show relatively uniform nuclei with…
Fig. 11.1 Wilms tumor Histologically, WT most commonly shows three distinct components that consist of blastemal, epithelial, and stromal elements (Fig. 11.2a). Biphasic and monophasic patterns may also occur. The…
Fig. 7.1 Computed tomography scan from a 34-year-old woman with (a) a tumor of the left kidney (T3aN2M1), (b) metastases to the paraaortal lymph nodes, (c) left pubic bone, and…
Fig. 2.1 Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease . The kidney is massively enlarged with innumerable cysts Histologically, the cysts are lined by a single layer of cuboidal or flattened epithelial…
Syndrome (abbreviation) Gene (protein) Chromosome location Renal pathology Other clinical manifestations Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome VHL (pVHL) 3p25 Clear cell RCC, cystic renal cell carcinoma, renal cysts Central nervous system…
Fig. 10.1 Classic angiomyolipoma with various amounts of adipose tissue , smooth muscle, and thickened vessels (Hematoxylin eosin, 20×) Fig. 10.2 Spindle cell variant of angiomyolipoma with a predominant smooth…
Fig. 13.1 (a) H&E and (b) PAS. Diffuse mesangial sclerosis is characterized by increased matrix deposition in mesangial regions and represents one of the earlier changes in diabetic glomerular injury….
Fig. 21.1 Axial CT scan image demonstrating 2 cm right renal stone (yellow arrow) that was not previously visualized on KUB. Following surgery, the stone analysis revealed a uric acid…
Fig. 7.1 Calcium oxalate dihydrate stone (Courtesy of Louis C. Herring & Co., Orlando, FL) Fig. 7.2 Urinary calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals under polarized light microscopy (M. Daudon, CRISTAL Laboratory)…
Fig. 20.1 Large cystine stone (a) and coronal CT scan image (b) demonstrating a left staghorn calculus and a smaller left upper pole stone Description Access to the kidney is…
