Synonyms

Renal cell carcinoma, spindle cell

Definitions

Kidney
ICD-O-3 topography code:	C64
ICD10:	C64

A high grade carcinoma of the kidney. Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma is not a distinct clinicopathological entity and includes a diverse group of high-grade renal cell carcinomas with a sarcomatoid component.

This diagnostic term is no longer used ¹

Eble JE, Sauter G, Epstein JI, Sesterhenn IA (Eds.)
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs.
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IARC Press: Lyon 2004

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