Difference between revisions of "Mixed germ cell tumour"

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==IHC==
==IHC==
*Immunostains are useful for differentiating components, e.g. yolk sac tumour versus [[embryonal carcinoma]].
*Immunostains are useful for differentiating components, e.g. [[yolk sac tumour]] versus [[embryonal carcinoma]].


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*OCT4 +ve -- [[seminoma]].
*OCT4 +ve -- [[seminoma]].
*D2-40 +ve -- seminoma, useful for [[LVI]].
*D2-40 +ve -- seminoma, useful for [[LVI]].
*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]].
**Others: A1A +ve -- yolk sac tumour, AFP +ve -- yolk sac tumour.
**Others: A1A +ve -- yolk sac tumour, AFP +ve -- yolk sac tumour.


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