Difference between revisions of "Germ cell tumours"

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===General===
===General===
*Rare.
*Rare.
*Aggressive - especially extragonadal tumours.<ref name=pmid18767035>
*Aggressive - especially extragonadal tumours.<ref name=pmid18767035/>


Epidemiology:
Epidemiology:
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*Solid pattern.<ref>URL: [http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=8 http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=8]. Accessed on: March 8, 2010.</ref>
*Solid pattern.<ref>URL: [http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=8 http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=34&n=8]. Accessed on: March 8, 2010.</ref>
**Vaguely resembles ''seminoma''.
**Vaguely resembles ''seminoma''.
DDx:
*[[Embryonal carcinoma]].


Images:
Images:
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**More sensitive than AFP.<ref name=pmid20438407>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Emerson | first1 = RE. | last2 = Ulbright | first2 = TM. | title = Intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the testis and its associated cancers: the use of novel biomarkers. | journal = Pathology | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 344-55 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00313021003767355 | PMID = 20438407 }}</ref>
**More sensitive than AFP.<ref name=pmid20438407>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Emerson | first1 = RE. | last2 = Ulbright | first2 = TM. | title = Intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the testis and its associated cancers: the use of novel biomarkers. | journal = Pathology | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 344-55 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00313021003767355 | PMID = 20438407 }}</ref>
*Alpha-1 AT +ve.
*Alpha-1 AT +ve.
*Cytokeratin +ve. ???
*Cytokeratin +ve.{{fact}}
 
===DDx===
*Embryonal carcinoma.


==Embryonal carcinoma==
==Embryonal carcinoma==
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