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==Seminoma==
==Seminoma==
===General===
*Male counterpart of the [[dysgerminoma]], which arise in the [[ovary]].
*Male counterpart of the [[dysgerminoma]], which arise in the [[ovary]].


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***Nucleus has "corners", i.e. it is ''not'' round.
***Nucleus has "corners", i.e. it is ''not'' round.
*Lymphoctyes common, not essential.
*Lymphoctyes common, not essential.
*May see [[syncytiotrophoblast]]s.
*May see [[syncytiotrophoblast]]s, AKA ''syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells'' (STGCs).<ref>GUP P.542.</ref>
**Large + many irregular or lobular hyperchromatic nuclei.  
**Large + irregular, vesicular nuclei.  
**Eosinophilic vacuolated cytoplasm (contains hCG).
**Eosinophilic vacuolated cytoplasm (contains hCG).
**Closest to mom in normal [[chorionic villi]] - covers cytotrophoblast.<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray37.png]</ref>
***Syncytiotrophoblasts = closest to mom in normal [[chorionic villi]] - covers cytotrophoblast.<ref>URL: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray37.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray37.png]. Accessed on: 31 May 2010.</ref>
*May see florid granulomatous reaction.
*May see florid granulomatous reaction.


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