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Simple Renal Cyst Image 1 (Ultrasound): Small simple benign cyst (arrow) in the upper pole of the right kidney with foci of calcification in or adjacent to the wall. |
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Image 2 (Computed Tomography): Large right kidney mass with central necrosis consistent with renal cell carcinoma. There is tumour extension into the right renal vein (arrow). |
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Image 3a: Nephrectomy showing a circumscribed and encapsulated renal cell carcinoma arising from the lower pole of the kidney. The cut surface shows a heterogenous appearance typical of malignancy with patchy areas of necrosis (blue arrow) and haemorrhage (red arrow). |
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Image 3b (H&E, x10): Histological section of a conventional clear cell renal cell carcinoma showing sheets and nests of malignant cells with intervening thin-walled vessels. The cells demonstrate irregular and hyperchromatic nuclei surrounded by abundant clear cytoplasm (clear cells). | |
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Pathology
images courtesy of PathWest Laboratory Medicine.