Difference between revisions of "Mixed germ cell tumour"

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| Symptoms  =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = most common germ cell tumour
| Prevalence = most common germ cell tumour
| Bloodwork  = +/-AFP elevated, +/-beta-hCG elevated, +/-LDH elevated
| Bloodwork  = +/-[[AFP]] elevated, +/-beta-hCG elevated, +/-LDH elevated
| Rads      =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
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Looking for elements
Looking for elements
*Beta-hCG +ve - if syncytiotrophoblasts are present.
*Beta-hCG +ve - if syncytiotrophoblasts are present.
*AFP +ve (or Glypican 3 +ve) - a yolk sac tumour component is present.
*[[AFP]] +ve (or Glypican 3 +ve) - a yolk sac tumour component is present.
*GFAP +ve - if neuroepithelium is present.
*GFAP +ve - if neuroepithelium is present.


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*Pankeratin +ve -- embryonal carcinoma.
*Pankeratin +ve -- embryonal carcinoma.
*CEA-M.
*CEA-M.
*EMA +ve -- metastatic carcinoma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shek | first1 = TW. | last2 = Yuen | first2 = ST. | last3 = Luk | first3 = IS. | last4 = Wong | first4 = MP. | title = Germ cell tumour as a diagnostic pitfall of metastatic carcinoma. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 223-5 | month = Mar | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8675733 }}</ref>
*[[EMA]] +ve -- metastatic carcinoma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shek | first1 = TW. | last2 = Yuen | first2 = ST. | last3 = Luk | first3 = IS. | last4 = Wong | first4 = MP. | title = Germ cell tumour as a diagnostic pitfall of metastatic carcinoma. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 223-5 | month = Mar | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8675733 }}</ref>
*Vimentin.
*Vimentin.
*Glypican 3 +ve -- [[yolk sac tumour]].
*Glypican 3 +ve -- [[yolk sac tumour]].