Difference between revisions of "Germ cell tumours"

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 *Most common GCT in infants and young boys.
-===Microscopy===
+===Microscopic===
-Classic feature:
+Classic feature:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_510>{{Ref PCPBoD8|510}}</ref>
 *Schiller-Duval bodies.
 **Look like glomerulus - central blood vessel surrounded by epithelial-like cells a space and more epithelial-like cells
 *Architecure - variable.
-**Most common ''microcystic pattern''.<ref>URL: [http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=1 http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=1]. Accessed on: March 8, 2010.</ref>
+**Most common ''microcystic pattern''<ref>URL: [http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=1 http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=1]. Accessed on: March 8, 2010.</ref> / lace-like pattern.
+**Solid.
+**Papillary.
+*+/-Eosinophilic hyaline globules (contain alpha-fetoprotein).
-Image:
+Notes:
-*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=5 Schiller-Duval body (webpathology.com)].
+*Has a loose stroma/vaguely discohesive -- unlike embryonal carcinoma.
 Variants:
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 **Vaguely resembles ''seminoma''.
-Image:
+Images:
-*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=6 Hepatoid Pattern].
+*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=6 Hepatoid Pattern (webpathology.com)].
+*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=5 Schiller-Duval body (webpathology.com)].
+*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=6&Case=34 Hyaline globules (webpathology.com)].
 ===IHC===