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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) associated with Xp11.2 translocation/TFE3 gene fusion recently has been found. In this article, we demonstrate an unusual features of such a case. A 73-year-old Japanese woman presented with macroscopic hematuria. The imaging examinations disclosed the renal tumor. Histological examination showed the finding of ASPL-TFE3 RCC, which was characterized by papillary, alveolar, or solid growth of voluminous cell with clear and eosinophilic cells, and stromal psammoma body and hyaline nodules. Additionally, shrunken nuclei, thick cell border, and perinuclear clearing characteristic of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma were observed in the alveolar growth area and the transitional zone between stromal hyalinization, and osseous metaplasia was identified. Immunohistochemically, nuclei of tumorous cell were diffusely positive for TFE3. A RT-PCR study revealed the ASPL-TFE3 chimeric transcript. Finally, pathologists should recognize that the histology of RCC associated with Xp11.2 translocation/TFE3 gene fusion may focally resemble that of chromophobe RCC, but TFE3 immunohistochemistry and molecular genetic study may be helpful in the differential diagnosis. Moreover, osseous metaplasia as well as psammoma bodies should be added to the histological spectrum of the stromal change in RCC associated with Xp11.2 translocations/TFE3 gene fusions.
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Kuroda, N., Katto, K., Tanaka, Y. et al. Diagnostic pitfall on the histological spectrum of adult-onset renal carcinoma associated with Xp11.2 translocations/TFE3 gene fusions. Med Mol Morphol 43, 86–90 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00795-008-0423-x
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