Difference between revisions of "Germ cell tumours"

===Immature===

===Immature===

*Immature if neural tissue is present:<ref>RS. 2 May 2010.</ref>

*Immature if neural tissue is present:<ref>RS. 2 May 2010.</ref>

**Vaguely resembles pseudostratified respiratory epithelium.

**Vaguely resembles pseudostratified respiratory epithelium.

*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/N0C001-PQ01-M.htm Immature teratoma - primitive neuroepithelium (ouhsc.edu)].

*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/N0C001-PQ01-M.htm Immature teratoma - primitive neuroepithelium (ouhsc.edu)].

Based on quantity of immature neuroepithelium:<ref name=pmid17080330>{{cite journal |author=Harms D, Zahn S, Göbel U, Schneider DT |title=Pathology and molecular biology of teratomas in childhood and adolescence |journal=Klin Padiatr |volume=218 |issue=6 |pages=296–302 |year=2006 |pmid=17080330 |doi=10.1055/s-2006-942271 |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid15761467>{{cite journal |author=Ulbright TM |title=Germ cell tumors of the gonads: a selective review emphasizing problems in differential diagnosis, newly appreciated, and controversial issues |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=18 Suppl 2 |issue= |pages=S61–79 |year=2005 |month=February |pmid=15761467 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800310 |url=http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v18/n2s/full/3800310a.html}}</ref><ref name=pmid7814189>{{cite journal |author=O'Connor DM, Norris HJ |title=The influence of grade on the outcome of stage I ovarian immature (malignant) teratomas and the reproducibility of grading |journal=Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=283–9 |year=1994 |month=October |pmid=7814189 |doi= |url=}}</ref>

Based on quantity of immature neuroepithelium:<ref name=pmid17080330>{{cite journal |author=Harms D, Zahn S, Göbel U, Schneider DT |title=Pathology and molecular biology of teratomas in childhood and adolescence |journal=Klin Padiatr |volume=218 |issue=6 |pages=296–302 |year=2006 |pmid=17080330 |doi=10.1055/s-2006-942271 |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid15761467>{{cite journal |author=Ulbright TM |title=Germ cell tumors of the gonads: a selective review emphasizing problems in differential diagnosis, newly appreciated, and controversial issues |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=18 Suppl 2 |issue= |pages=S61–79 |year=2005 |month=February |pmid=15761467 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800310 |url=http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v18/n2s/full/3800310a.html}}</ref><ref name=pmid7814189>{{cite journal |author=O'Connor DM, Norris HJ |title=The influence of grade on the outcome of stage I ovarian immature (malignant) teratomas and the reproducibility of grading |journal=Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=283–9 |year=1994 |month=October |pmid=7814189 |doi= |url=}}</ref>

*G0 - mature teratoma; no immature neuroepithelium.

*G0 - mature teratoma; no immature neuroepithelium.

*LPF not adequately defined - see [[LPFitis]]. Same BS as HPF.

*LPF not adequately defined - see [[LPFitis]]. Same BS as HPF.

Features:

Features:

*Primitive neuroepithelium:<ref name=pmid11598856>{{cite journal |author=Craver RD, Lipscomb JT, Suskind D, Velez MC |title=Malignant teratoma of the thyroid with primitive neuroepithelial and mesenchymal sarcomatous components |journal=Ann Diagn Pathol |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=285–92 |year=2001 |month=October |pmid=11598856 |doi=10.1053/adpa.2001.27918 |url=}}</ref>

*Primitive neuroepithelium:<ref name=pmid11598856>{{cite journal |author=Craver RD, Lipscomb JT, Suskind D, Velez MC |title=Malignant teratoma of the thyroid with primitive neuroepithelial and mesenchymal sarcomatous components |journal=Ann Diagn Pathol |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=285–92 |year=2001 |month=October |pmid=11598856 |doi=10.1053/adpa.2001.27918 |url=}}</ref>

**Neuron-specific B tubulin +ve.

**Neuron-specific B tubulin +ve.

**Synaptophysin +ve.

**Synaptophysin +ve.

==Gonadoblastoma==

==Gonadoblastoma==