Difference between revisions of "Embryonal carcinoma"

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 #Indistinct cell borders
 #Mitoses - common.
-#Variable architecture:
+#Variable architecture:<ref name=pmid24503753>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kao | first1 = CS. | last2 = Ulbright | first2 = TM. | last3 = Young | first3 = RH. | last4 = Idrees | first4 = MT. | title = Testicular embryonal carcinoma: a morphologic study of 180 cases highlighting unusual and unemphasized aspects. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 689-97 | month = May | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000171 | PMID = 24503753 }}</ref>
-#*Tubulopapillary.
+#*Solid (predominant in ~55% of cases).
-#*Glandular.
+#*Glandular (predominant in ~17% of cases).
-#*Solid.
+#*Papillary (predominant in ~11% of cases).
+#*Nested.
+#*Micropapillary.
+#*Anastomosing glandular.
+#*Sieve-like glandular.
+#*Pseudopapillary.
+#*Blastocyst-like.
 #*Embryoid bodies - ball of cells in surrounded by empty space on three sides.
 Notes:
 *Cytoplasmic staining variable (eosinophilic to basophilic).
+*[[Syncytiotrophoblasts]] commonly seen (~40-50% of cases<ref name=pmid24503753/>).
 DDx:
 *[[Mixed germ cell tumour]].
 *[[Yolk sac tumour]].
+*[[Seminoma]].
 ===Images===