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| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Gross      = heterogeneous appearance, typically solid and cystic
| Grossing  =
| Grossing  = [[orchiectomy grossing]]
| Staging    = [[testicular cancer staging]]
| Site      = [[ovary]], [[testis]], [[mediastinum]], other
| Site      = [[ovary]], [[testis]], [[mediastinum]], other
| Assdx      =
| Assdx      =
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| Signs      = mass lesion
| Signs      = mass lesion
| Symptoms  =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence =
| Prevalence = most common germ cell tumour
| Bloodwork  =
| Bloodwork  = +/-[[AFP]] elevated, +/-beta-hCG elevated, +/-LDH elevated
| Rads      =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =  
| Prognosis  = worse than [[seminoma]]/[[dysgerminoma]]
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| ClinDDx    = gonads: [[germ cell tumours]], other tumours
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'''Mixed germ cell tumour''', abbreviated '''MGCT''', is a lesion composed of different [[germ cell tumours]].  Most germ cell tumours are mixed.
'''Mixed germ cell tumour''', abbreviated '''MGCT''', is a lesion composed of different [[germ cell tumours]].  Most germ cell tumours are mixed.
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Note:
Note:
*† Numbers vary between sources. One series suggests it is almost 70%.<ref name=pmid15017200>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mosharafa | first1 = AA. | last2 = Foster | first2 = RS. | last3 = Leibovich | first3 = BC. | last4 = Ulbright | first4 = TM. | last5 = Bihrle | first5 = R. | last6 = Einhorn | first6 = LH. | last7 = Donohue | first7 = JP. | title = Histology in mixed germ cell tumors. Is there a favorite pairing? | journal = J Urol | volume = 171 | issue = 4 | pages = 1471-3 | month = Apr | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000116841.30826.85 | PMID = 15017200 }}</ref>
*† Numbers vary between sources. One series suggests it is almost 70%.<ref name=pmid15017200>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mosharafa | first1 = AA. | last2 = Foster | first2 = RS. | last3 = Leibovich | first3 = BC. | last4 = Ulbright | first4 = TM. | last5 = Bihrle | first5 = R. | last6 = Einhorn | first6 = LH. | last7 = Donohue | first7 = JP. | title = Histology in mixed germ cell tumors. Is there a favorite pairing? | journal = J Urol | volume = 171 | issue = 4 | pages = 1471-3 | month = Apr | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000116841.30826.85 | PMID = 15017200 }}</ref>
*There has been in increase in MGCTs over the past 20 years that is probably due to changes how in how [[germ cell tumours|GCT]]s are classified.<ref name=pmid21623833>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Trabert | first1 = B. | last2 = Stang | first2 = A. | last3 = Cook | first3 = MB. | last4 = Rusner | first4 = C. | last5 = McGlynn | first5 = KA. | title = Impact of classification of mixed germ-cell tumours on incidence trends of non-seminoma. | journal = Int J Androl | volume = 34 | issue = 4 Pt 2 | pages = e274-7 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01187.x | PMID = 21623833 }}</ref>
==Gross==
*Heterogeneous appearance - distinctive regions that look different from one another.
*Typically solid and cystic.
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Mixed_Germ_Cell_Tumor_of_Testis_(3260625567).jpg | Mixed germ cell tumour. (WC/euthman)
</gallery>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Depends on components.
*Depends on the components.
*Classic appearances:
**[[Seminoma]]: fried egg-like" cells with lymphocytes.
**[[Yolk sac tumour]]: edematous appearing/paucicellular regions, Schiller-Duval bodies.
**[[Embryonal carcinoma]]: moderate-to-marked [[nuclear atypia]] with overlapping nuclei and usu. necrosis. 
**[[Teratoma]]: cysts with GI like epithelium, cysts with squamous epithelium & keratin (skin), immature cartilage, others.
**[[Choriocarcinoma]]: hemorrhagic, multinucleated cells (syncytiotrophoblasts) and cells with pale cytoplasm (cytotrophoblasts).


Notes:
Notes:
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*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case356.html Mixed germ cell tumour - several cases (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case356.html Mixed germ cell tumour - several cases (upmc.edu)].


===IHC===
==IHC==
*Immunostains are useful for differentiating components, e.g. [[yolk sac tumour]] versus [[embryonal carcinoma]].
 
Looking for elements
*Beta-hCG +ve - if syncytiotrophoblasts are present.
*Beta-hCG +ve - if syncytiotrophoblasts are present.
*AFP +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.
A panel:
*CD30 +ve -- [[embryonal carcinoma]].
*OCT4 +ve -- [[seminoma]].
*D2-40 +ve -- seminoma, useful for [[LVI]].
*[[Pankeratin]] +ve -- embryonal carcinoma.
*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>
*[[Vimentin]].
*[[Glypican 3]] +ve -- [[yolk sac tumour]].
**Others: A1A +ve -- yolk sac tumour, AFP +ve -- yolk sac tumour.
==Sign out==
<pre>
TESTIS, RIGHT, ORCHIECTOMY:
- MALIGNANT MIXED GERM CELL TUMOUR, pT1 pNx:
-- 80% OF TUMOUR TERATOMA.
-- 20% OF TUMOUR SEMINOMA.
-- PLEASE SEE TUMOUR SUMMARY.
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==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Ovarian tumours]].
*[[Ovarian tumours]].


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