Diagnosis: Metanephric
adenoma. Comments:
This tumor is at one
end of a pathologic spectrum of lesions and is
composed exclusively of epithelial nephroblastic cells; at the other
end are
tumors composed exclusively of stromal elements (metanephric stromal
tumors)
and tumors composed of both elements (metanephric adenofibromas).
Metanephric
adenoma occurs in children and in adults; is well circumscribed but
unencapsulated
(Fig. 1). Histologically, consists of small cells that form small acini
(Fig.
2). May also occur tubular, glomeruloid, and papillary formations the
latter
with or without calcospherites (Figs. 4 and 5). The differential
diagnosis is
mainly with papillary renal cell carcinoma, and differentiated
epithelial nephroblastoma.
Immunohistochemistry is positive for CD57 and negative for CK7 (Fig.
5). The
lesions are benign but in rare cases either the epithelial or the
stromal
component may be associated with the development of malignancy.
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