Types
In addition to renal cell carcinoma and renal pelvis carcinoma, other, less common types of kidney cancer include:
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Juxtaglomerular cell tumor (reninoma)
- Angiomyolipoma
- Renal oncocytoma
- Bellini duct carcinoma
- Clear-cell sarcoma of the kidney
- Mesoblastic nephroma
- Wilms' tumor, usually is reported in children under the age of 5.
- Mixed epithelial stromal tumor
Rarely, some other types of cancer and potentially cancerous tumors that more usually originate elsewhere can originate in the kidneys. These include:
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma
- Transitional cell carcinoma
- Inverted papilloma
- Renal lymphoma
- Teratoma
- Carcinosarcoma
- Carcinoid tumor of the renal pelvis
Cancer in the kidney may also be secondary, the result of metastasis from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body.
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