TY - JOUR
T1 - Collecting-duct carcinoma of the kidney with prominent signet ring cell features
AU - Li, M.
AU - Vuolo, M. A.
AU - Weidenheim, K. M.
AU - Minsky, L. S.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We report a case in a 74-year-old woman of collecting-duct carcinoma of the kidney with prominent signet ring cell features. Grossly, the tumor measured 5.5 cm in greatest dimension, occupied the entire upper pole of the kidney, and was well circumscribed. Microscopically, it displayed a predominant tubulopapillary pattern of growth with a hyalinizing stroma. The tumor tubules were lined by a single layer of cells with large, pleomorphic nuclei, some of which had a hobnail appearance. Large intracytoplasmic vacuoles with compression of nuclei (signet ring cells) were present throughout the tumor. Alcian blue, mucicarmine, and periodic acid-Schiff stains failed to identify intracellular mucin or glycogen in the signet ring cells. Enlarged cells with intracytoplasmic vacuoles were also noted in the adjacent collecting ducts. The tumor cells were immunohistochemically positive for cytokeratin including cytokeratin 7, CAM 5.2, AE1/3, and 34βE12, vimentin, peanut lectin agglutinin, and Ulex europaeus agglutinin. Electron microscopy revealed that the intracytoplasmic vacuoles were due to intracellular edema. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of renal collecting-duct carcinoma with prominent signet ring cell features.
AB - We report a case in a 74-year-old woman of collecting-duct carcinoma of the kidney with prominent signet ring cell features. Grossly, the tumor measured 5.5 cm in greatest dimension, occupied the entire upper pole of the kidney, and was well circumscribed. Microscopically, it displayed a predominant tubulopapillary pattern of growth with a hyalinizing stroma. The tumor tubules were lined by a single layer of cells with large, pleomorphic nuclei, some of which had a hobnail appearance. Large intracytoplasmic vacuoles with compression of nuclei (signet ring cells) were present throughout the tumor. Alcian blue, mucicarmine, and periodic acid-Schiff stains failed to identify intracellular mucin or glycogen in the signet ring cells. Enlarged cells with intracytoplasmic vacuoles were also noted in the adjacent collecting ducts. The tumor cells were immunohistochemically positive for cytokeratin including cytokeratin 7, CAM 5.2, AE1/3, and 34βE12, vimentin, peanut lectin agglutinin, and Ulex europaeus agglutinin. Electron microscopy revealed that the intracytoplasmic vacuoles were due to intracellular edema. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of renal collecting-duct carcinoma with prominent signet ring cell features.
KW - Collecting-duct carcinoma
KW - Intracellular edema
KW - Kidney
KW - Signet ring cell
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U2 - 10.1038/modpathol.3880361
DO - 10.1038/modpathol.3880361
M3 - Article
C2 - 11406666
AN - SCOPUS:0034983088
SN - 0893-3952
VL - 14
SP - 623
EP - 628
JO - Modern Pathology
JF - Modern Pathology
IS - 6
ER -