Difference between revisions of "Testis"

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 ==Seminoma==
+===General===
 *Male counterpart of the [[dysgerminoma]], which arise in the [[ovary]].
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 ***Nucleus has "corners", i.e. it is ''not'' round.
 *Lymphoctyes common, not essential.
-*May see [[syncytiotrophoblast]]s.
+*May see [[syncytiotrophoblast]]s, AKA ''syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells'' (STGCs).<ref>GUP P.542.</ref>
-**Large + many irregular or lobular hyperchromatic nuclei.
+**Large + irregular, vesicular nuclei.
 **Eosinophilic vacuolated cytoplasm (contains hCG).
-**Closest to mom in normal [[chorionic villi]] - covers cytotrophoblast.<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray37.png]</ref>
+***Syncytiotrophoblasts = closest to mom in normal [[chorionic villi]] - covers cytotrophoblast.<ref>URL: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray37.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray37.png]. Accessed on: 31 May 2010.</ref>
 *May see florid granulomatous reaction.