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#redirect [[Germ cell tumours#Embryonal carcinoma]]
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Embryonal_carcinoma_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg
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| Caption    = Embryonal carcinoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Micro      = vesicular nuclei, nuclear overlap, necrosis (common), mitoses, variable architecture (tubulopapillary, glandular, solid, embryoid bodies)
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[seminoma]], [[mixed germ cell tumour]], other carcinomas
| Stains    =
| IHC        = CD30 +ve, AE1/AE3 +ve
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[testis]], [[ovary]]
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Signs      = testicular mass, pelvic mass
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence =
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =
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'''Embryonal carcinoma''' is a type of [[germ cell tumour]].  It is commonly as a component of [[mixed germ cell tumour]]s.
 
==General==
*Affects young adults.
**May be seen in women.
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_GUP549>{{Ref GUP|549}}</ref>
#Nucleoli - '''key feature'''.
#Vesicular nuclei (clear, empty appearing nuclei) - '''key feature'''.
#Nuclei overlap.
#[[Necrosis]] - common.
#*Not commonly present in seminoma.
#Indistinct cell borders
#Mitoses - common.
#Variable architecture:
#*Tubulopapillary.
#*Glandular.
#*Solid.
#*Embryoid bodies - ball of cells in surrounded by empty space on three sides.
 
Notes:
*Cytoplasmic staining variable (eosinophilic to basophilic).
 
DDx:
*[[Yolk sac tumour]].
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Embryonal_carcinoma_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | Embryonal carcinoma - very high mag. - cropped (WC/Nephron)
Image:Embryonal_carcinoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Embryonal carcinoma - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Embryonal_carcinoma_high_mag.jpg | Embryonal carcinoma - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Embryonal_carcinoma_intermed_mag.jpg | Embryonal carcinoma - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Embryonal_carcinoma_low_mag.jpg | Embryonal carcinoma - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
 
==IHC==
*AE1/AE3 +ve.
*CD30 +ve.
 
==See also==
*[[Germ cell tumours]].
*[[Ovarian tumours]].
*[[Testis]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}


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