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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2013 Oct;37(10):1518–1531. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318299f12e

TABLE 4.

Summary Table Delineating Helpful Markers in Differential Diagnosis of Renal Tumors

Positive Markers Negative Markers
Clear cell RCC vim, keratin, EMA, CD10, RCCm Pax 2/8, CAIX CK7, Ksp-cadherin, parvalbumin
Papillary RCC Keratin, CK7, AMACR, RCCm CD117, Ksp-cadherin, parvalbumin, WT1
Chromophobe RCC E-cadherin, Ksp-cadherin, CD117, EMA, CK, CK7 vim, CAIX, and AMACR
Collecting duct EMA, p63, CK7, HMWCK, Pax 2, Pax 8 CD10, RCCm, and CK20
Clear cell papillary RCC CK7, Pax 2, Pax 8 AMACR, RCCm
Translocation RCC TFE3, TFEB, CD10, RCCm CK (or weak)
Oncocytoma Ksp-cadherin, CD117, parvalbumin, S100A1 CK7, Moc31, EpCam, EABA, CD82
Metanephric adenoma S100, WT1, CD57 AMACR, RCCm
RCC with sarcomatoid features CK7, Pax 2/Pax 8, CD10, vim, and AMACR
Angiomyolipoma HMB45, melan-A, and SMA CK, CD10, RCCm, Pax 2, Pax 8
Urothelial carcinoma CK, CK7, CK20, p63, thrombomodulin, uroplakin III RCCm, CD10, Pax 2, Pax 8

EABA indicates endogenous avidin-binding activity; vim, vimentin.