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 ==Mixed germ cell tumour==
-===General===
+{{Main|Mixed germ cell tumour}}
-*60% of GCTs are mixed.
-Common combinations:
-# Teratoma + embryonal carcinoma + endodermal sinus tumour (yolk sac tumour) (TEE).
-# Seminoma + embryonal (SE).
-# Teratoma + embryonal +(TE).
-Memory device: ''TEE'' + all combinations have embryonal carcinoma.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Depends on components.
-Notes:
-*If one cannot identify the component... it is probably yolk sac as this has so many different patterns.
-====Images====
-<gallery>
-Image:Mixed_germ_cell_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Mixed GCT - intermed mag. (WC/Nephron)
-Image:Mixed germ cell tumour - high mag.jpg | Mixed GCT - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
-</gallery>
-www:
-*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case192/micro.html Mixed germ cell tumour - several images (upmc.edu)].
-*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case356.html Mixed germ cell tumour - several cases (upmc.edu)].
-===IHC===
-*Beta-hCG +ve - if syncytiotrophoblasts are present.
-*AFP +ve - a yolk sac tumour component is present.
-*GFAP +ve - if neuroepithelium is present.
 ==See also==