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. 2025 Jun 2;25:147. doi: 10.1186/s12894-025-01816-5

Table 1.

Immunohistochemical differentiation between chRCC, RO, and ccRCC

chRCC RO ccRCC
C-Kit  + (diffuse)  + (diffuse) -
CK7  + (> 70%, diffuse)  ± (< 10%, in individual cells) -
EpCAM  +  - -
Hale staining  +   + (luminal) -
Claudin 7  + (> 70%, membrane) - (< 10%, in individual cells) -
Vimentin - -  + 
GST-alpha - -  + 
CkAE1/AE3  +   +   + 
LMWCK (CAM5.2)  +   +   + 
Ksp-cadherin  +   +  n/a
CAIX - -  + 
Progesterone receptor  +   +  n/a

ChRCC chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, RO renal oncocytoma, ccRCC clear cell renal cell carcinoma, n/a not available

Source: based on Lüders et al., 2016 and [15]