RESULTS: The prevalent histology was collecting duct, present in 26 (41%) patients. The number of patients with chromophobe and papillary histologies was 12 (19%) and 18 (28%), respectively. Eight (12 ...

CDC was first recognized as a subtype of renal carcinoma in 1986.20 Similar to chromophobe RCC, CDC, as the name implies, derives from the collecting duct cells in the medulla.

In the fetus, obstruction of urinary flow during the critical stages of renal nephrogenesis alters branching morphogenesis, decreases nephron endowment, and disrupts normal tubulointerstitial ...