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===IHC for GCTs===
===IHC for GCTs===
ABCDs of GCTs:
====ABCDs of GCTs====
*AFP - yolk sac tumour.
*AFP - yolk sac tumour.
*Beta-hCG - choriocarcinoma.
*Beta-hCG - choriocarcinoma.
*CD30 - embryonal carcinoma.
*CD30 - embryonal carcinoma.
*D2-40 - seminoma.
*D2-40 - seminoma.
====GCT versus sex cord-stromal tumour====
The ISUP recommends:<ref name=pmid25025364>{{cite journal |author=Amin MB, Epstein JI, Ulbright TM, ''et al.'' |title=Best practices recommendations in the application of immunohistochemistry in urologic pathology: report from the international society of urological pathology consensus conference |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=38 |issue=8 |pages=1017–22 |year=2014 |month=August |pmid=25025364 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0000000000000254 |url=}}</ref>
*SALL4 +ve.
*Alpha-inhibin -ve (+ve in [[SCST]]).
*Calretinin -ve (+ve in SCST).
Alternates for SALL4 are:<ref name=pmid25025364/>
*OCT4 and GPC3.


===Tabular summary of GCTs===
===Tabular summary of GCTs===
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