Normal nephrons sometimes show staining of occasional proximal tubules, with enhanced staining in acute tubular necrosis.
Renal tumours |
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28/301, 2/32 |
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0/541, 0/22 |
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4/411 |
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Metastatic renal cell carcinoma |
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2/21 |
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Non-renal tumours |
Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary |
15/161 |
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Serous carcinoma of the ovary |
0/15 |
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Endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary |
0/2 |
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Clear cell carcinoma of the uterus |
6/181 |
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Endometrioid carcinoma of the uterus |
0/13 |
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Serous carcinoma of the uterus |
0/2 |
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Adenocarcinoma of the colon |
5/401 |
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Breast ductal carcinoma |
0/17 |
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Breast lobular carcinoma |
0/8 |
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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma |
0/13 |
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Hepatocellular carcinoma |
0/13 |
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0/10 |
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Prostatic adenocarcinoma |
0/15 |
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Renal pelvic urothelial carcinoma |
0/10 |
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0/10 |
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0/6 |
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Neuroendocrine carcinoma, site unspecified |
0/10 |
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Total |
26/2211, 2/4842 |
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Differentiation of conventional renal cell carcinoma from chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and oncocytoma.
Diagnosis of clear cell carcinoma of the ovary and differentiation from serous and endometrioid carcinoma. With lesser sensitivity, it may be useful in the same way in clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium.
References
2 Han WK, Alinani A, Wu CL, et al. Human kidney injury molecule-1 is a tissue and urinary tumor marker of renal cell carcinoma. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:1126-34 FULL TEXT
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