Carcinoma of the Collecting Ducts of Bellini and Renal Medullary Carcinoma Clinicopathologic Analysis of 52 Cases of Rare Aggressive Subtypes of Renal Cell Carcinoma With a Focus on Their Interrelationship
2012
Abstrakt
Carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini and renal medullary carcinoma are rare aggressive neoplasms of putative distal nephron origin. First described in 1949, case reports and review articles constitute a major source of information on collecting duct carcinoma, whereas Davis and colleagues and the pediatric tumor registry have contributed the seminal works on renal medullary carcinoma.
Here we present a detailed study of collecting duct carcinoma (n = 39) and renal medullary carcinoma (n = 13), characterizing these rare neoplasms and analyzing their interrelationship.