title: Subtypes of renal cell carcinoma: MRI and pathological features.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common malignant tumor involving the kidney. Determining the subtypes of renal cell carcinoma is among the major goals of preoperative radiological work-up. Among all modalities, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has several advantages, such as inherent soft tissue contrast, detection of lipid and blood products, and excellent sensitivity to detect small amounts of intravenous contrast, which facilitate the discrimination of subtypes of RCC. In this article, we review MRI and pathological features used for determining the main histologic subtypes of RCC, including clear cell, papillary, collecting duct, chromophobe, multilocular cystic, and unclassified RCC.
authors: Department of Radiology, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey. safiyegurel@hotmail.com
authors: Safiye
authors: S
authors: Gurel
authors: Vamsi
authors: V
authors: Narra
authors: Khaled M
authors: KM
authors: Elsayes
authors: Cary Lynn
authors: CL
authors: Siegel
authors: Zongming Eric
authors: ZE
authors: Chen
authors: Jeffrey J
authors: JJ
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*