Case 197

Surgical Pathology Case
 

CLINICAL INFORMATION

  60-year-old male with two month history of abdominal pain. Radiograph showed a retroperitoneal cystic mass encasing the right kidney.

GROSS DESCRIPTION

 

The 1654 gram 29 × 16 × 8.0 cm composite resection specimen included the right kidney and a 15.5 × 15.0 × 6.5 cm partially necrotic gray-tan mass that invaded the lower pole of the kidney.

     
 
 

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HE, 10×

 
 

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HE, 20×

 
 

HE, 20×

HE, 40×

 
 

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HE, 40×

     
 

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Source: Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Photo: Zenggang Pan

Discussion: Zenggang Pan