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Granular cell carcinoma

MedGen UID:
104695
•Concept ID:
C0205644
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adenocarcinoma, Granular Cell; Adenocarcinomas, Granular Cell; Carcinoma, Granular Cell; Carcinomas, Granular Cell; Granular Cell Adenocarcinoma; Granular Cell Adenocarcinomas; Granular Cell Carcinoma; Granular Cell Carcinomas
SNOMED CT: Granular cell carcinoma (69028005); Granular cell adenocarcinoma (69028005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003197

Definition

An adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial cells with granular cytoplasm. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGranular cell carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Renal cell carcinoma: natural history and results of treatment.
Patel NP, Lavengood RW
J Urol 1978 Jun;119(6):722-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)57611-9. PMID: 660755

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Renal cell carcinoma in dialysis patients: a single center experience.
Kojima Y, Takahara S, Miyake O, Nonomura N, Morimoto A, Mori H
Int J Urol 2006 Aug;13(8):1045-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01498.x. PMID: 16903927
Analysis of CD44 isoform v10 expression and its prognostic value in renal cell carcinoma.
Li N, Tsuji M, Kanda K, Murakami Y, Kanayama H, Kagawa S
BJU Int 2000 Mar;85(4):514-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00483.x. PMID: 10691836
Oncocytic cells and parenchymal tumors of the kidney.
Vecchioli Scaldazza C, Morosetti C
Arch Esp Urol 1996 Jun;49(5):538-44. PMID: 8766096
Oncocytoma and low-grade oncocytic carcinoma of the kidney.
Bertoni F, Ferri C, Bacchini P, Corrado G, Benati A, Mannini D, Corrado F
Eur Urol 1989;16(2):101-9. doi: 10.1159/000471546. PMID: 2714326
Renal cell carcinoma: natural history and results of treatment.
Patel NP, Lavengood RW
J Urol 1978 Jun;119(6):722-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)57611-9. PMID: 660755

Diagnosis

Renal cell carcinoma in dialysis patients: a single center experience.
Kojima Y, Takahara S, Miyake O, Nonomura N, Morimoto A, Mori H
Int J Urol 2006 Aug;13(8):1045-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01498.x. PMID: 16903927
Prognostic impact of histologic subtyping of adult renal epithelial neoplasms: an experience of 405 cases.
Amin MB, Amin MB, Tamboli P, Javidan J, Stricker H, de-Peralta Venturina M, Deshpande A, Menon M
Am J Surg Pathol 2002 Mar;26(3):281-91. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200203000-00001. PMID: 11859199
Glassy hyaline globules in granular cell carcinoma, chromophobe cell carcinoma, and oncocytoma of the kidney.
Hes O, Michal M, Sulc M, Kocová L, Hora M, Rousarová M
Ann Diagn Pathol 1998 Feb;2(1):12-8. doi: 10.1016/s1092-9134(98)80030-0. PMID: 9845718
DNA ploidy of oncocytic-granular renal cell carcinomas and renal oncocytomas by image analysis.
Veloso JD, Solis OG, Barada JH, Fisher HA, Ross JS
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1992 Feb;116(2):154-8. PMID: 1733409
Oncocytoma and low-grade oncocytic carcinoma of the kidney.
Bertoni F, Ferri C, Bacchini P, Corrado G, Benati A, Mannini D, Corrado F
Eur Urol 1989;16(2):101-9. doi: 10.1159/000471546. PMID: 2714326

Prognosis

Rectal Granular Cell Carcinoma Requiring Abdominoperineal Resection.
Sunderland MS, Dakwar A, Rasheid S
Am Surg 2023 Apr;89(4):1304-1306. Epub 2021 Mar 20 doi: 10.1177/0003134821989047. PMID: 33745283
Prognostic impact of histologic subtyping of adult renal epithelial neoplasms: an experience of 405 cases.
Amin MB, Amin MB, Tamboli P, Javidan J, Stricker H, de-Peralta Venturina M, Deshpande A, Menon M
Am J Surg Pathol 2002 Mar;26(3):281-91. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200203000-00001. PMID: 11859199
DNA ploidy of oncocytic-granular renal cell carcinomas and renal oncocytomas by image analysis.
Veloso JD, Solis OG, Barada JH, Fisher HA, Ross JS
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1992 Feb;116(2):154-8. PMID: 1733409
Changes in glycolipids in human renal-cell carcinoma and their clinical significance.
Saito S, Orikasa S, Ohyama C, Satoh M, Fukushi Y
Int J Cancer 1991 Sep 30;49(3):329-34. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910490303. PMID: 1917130
Renal cell carcinoma: natural history and results of treatment.
Patel NP, Lavengood RW
J Urol 1978 Jun;119(6):722-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)57611-9. PMID: 660755

Clinical prediction guides

Prognostic impact of histologic subtyping of adult renal epithelial neoplasms: an experience of 405 cases.
Amin MB, Amin MB, Tamboli P, Javidan J, Stricker H, de-Peralta Venturina M, Deshpande A, Menon M
Am J Surg Pathol 2002 Mar;26(3):281-91. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200203000-00001. PMID: 11859199
Aspiration cytology of chromophobe cell carcinoma of the kidney.
Akhtar M, Ali MA
Diagn Cytopathol 1995 Nov;13(4):287-94. doi: 10.1002/dc.2840130403. PMID: 8599910
Renal cell carcinoma in dialysis patients.
Sasagawa I, Nakada T, Kubota Y, Suzuki Y, Ishigooka M, Terasawa Y
Urol Int 1994;53(2):79-81. doi: 10.1159/000282640. PMID: 7801421
DNA ploidy of oncocytic-granular renal cell carcinomas and renal oncocytomas by image analysis.
Veloso JD, Solis OG, Barada JH, Fisher HA, Ross JS
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1992 Feb;116(2):154-8. PMID: 1733409
Changes in glycolipids in human renal-cell carcinoma and their clinical significance.
Saito S, Orikasa S, Ohyama C, Satoh M, Fukushi Y
Int J Cancer 1991 Sep 30;49(3):329-34. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910490303. PMID: 1917130

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