A brief introduction to the 2016 WHO Renal Tumour Classification
REN Qingguo
MENG Xiangshui
Abstract：2016 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs, known as the forth edition, contains many important changes compared with the third edition. Newly recognized epithelial renal tumours are hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma ( RCC ) associated RCC , succinate dehydrogenase-deficient RCC , tubulocystic RCC, acquired cystic disease associated RCC, and clear cell papillary RCC. In addition, another five renal tumours have been changed a lot in the new edition, and those tumours have certain radiological characteristics. In this review we summarized the newly published classification of renal tumours and their radiological appearance.
Keywords：Renal tumourCystic renal cell carcinomaWHO classificationTomographyX-ray computedMagnetic resonance imaging
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 195-199 )