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. 2019 Feb;31(1):29–48. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2019.01.02

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WHO/ISUP urological pathology grading system for RCC and papillary RCC

Grade Definition
I Nucleoli are absent or inconspicuous and basophilic at ×400 magnification
II Nucleoli are inconspicuous and eosinophilic at ×400 magnification and visible but not prominent at ×100 magnification
III Nucleoli are conspicuous and eosinophilic at ×100 magnification
IV There is extreme nuclear pleophorphism, multinucleate giant cells, and/or rhabdoid and/or sarcomatoid differentiation.