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*Has a loose stroma/vaguely discohesive -- unlike embryonal carcinoma. | *Has a loose stroma/vaguely discohesive -- unlike embryonal carcinoma. | ||
*How to remember patterns ''REM PS GAPEH'' = reticular, endodermal sinus, microcystic, papillary, solid, glandular, alveolar, polyvesicular vitelline, enteric, hepatoid. | *How to remember patterns ''REM PS GAPEH'' = reticular, endodermal sinus, microcystic, papillary, solid, glandular, alveolar, polyvesicular vitelline, enteric, hepatoid. | ||
*Yolk sac tumours in adults are essentially always a component of a [[mixed germ cell tumour]], i.e. if one sees a pure yolk sac tumour in an adult, it is probably under sampled.<ref name=pmid1203848>{{Cite journal | last1 = Talerman | first1 = A. | title = The incidence of yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) elements in germ cell tumors of the testis in adults. | journal = Cancer | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 211-5 | month = Jul | year = 1975 | doi = | PMID = 1203848 }}</ref> | |||
Variants: | Variants: | ||