Drs. Prolla and Diehl's INTERESTING CASE OF THE MONTH April 2004
FNA right kidney mass, 66-year old male: renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma, 500x, M-G-G staining, notice the giant nucleoli

Renal cell carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, notice the giant nucleoli

Renal cell carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, notice the giant nucleoli

Renal cell carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, notice the giant nucleoli

Renal cell carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, notice the giant nucleoli

The smears show many naked nuclei, almost all with giant round nucleoli. Compare this cytology with the one of Case July 2005.
At surgery, a renal cell carcinoma was seen. In the histology also a prominent feature was giant nucleoli in almost every nucleus.






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