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From: Chronic kidney disease, severe arterial and arteriolar sclerosis and kidney neoplasia: on the spectrum of kidney involvement in MELAS syndrome

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Renal oncocytoma: the tumor consists of solid, compact nests, acini, tubules or microcysts within a hypocellular hyalinized stroma. (a). In the box: At high-power magnification the predominant cell type, the so-called oncocyte, is round to polygonal with granular eosinophilic cytoplasm, round regular nuclei with evenly dispersed chromatin and a centrally placed nucleolus (b) (Hematoxylin eosin stain)

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