Gonadoblastoma

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Gonadoblastoma is a rare germ cell tumour with sex cord elements.

Gonadoblastoma
Diagnosis in short

Gondaloblastoma. H&E stain.

LM immature germ cells (resembling Sertoli cells or granulosa cells),[citation needed] primitive germ cells resemble those of a dysgerminoma, +/-calcification (very common), +/-eosinophilic basement membrane material between the (primitive) germ cells and support cells.
LM DDx dysgerminoma
Site ovary

General

  • Associated with abnormal sexual development.
  • Often coexist with a dysgerminoma.
  • A mixed tumour that consists of (1) primitive germ cells and (2) sex cord elements.

Gross

  • +/-Cystic.

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Immature germ cells resembling Sertoli cells or granulosa cells.[citation needed]
    • Sertoli cells = moderate cytoplasm in a trabecular or tubular architecture.
    • Granulosa cells = form follicle-like structures.
      • May form nests.
  • Primitive germ cells resemble those of a dysgerminoma.
    • Polygonal cells with a central nucleus, squared-off nuclear membrane and clear cytoplasm.
  • +/-Calcification (very common).
  • +/-Eosinophilic basement membrane material between the (primitive) germ cells and support cells.[2]

Images

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See also

References

  1. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1104. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  2. URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckrishnan/3972432044/in/photostream/. Accessed on: 11 September 2011.