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Image:
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rete_testis_high_mag.jpg Rete testis (WC)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=27&n=5 Rete testis (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=27&n=5 Rete testis (webpathology.com)].


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==Intratubular germ cell neoplasia==
==Intratubular germ cell neoplasia==
===General===
*Considered the precursor lesion for germ cell tumours.
*Considered the precursor lesion for germ cell tumours.
*Not all germ cell tumours (GCTs) arise from ''intratubular germ cell neoplasia''.  
*Not all germ cell tumours (GCTs) arise from ''intratubular germ cell neoplasia''.  
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*Mitoses - common.
*Mitoses - common.
*Nuclei overlap.
*Nuclei overlap.
*Vesicular nuclei (clear, empty appearing nuclei) - '''key feature'''.
*Nucleoli - '''key feature'''.
*Variable architecture:
*Variable architecture:
**Tubulopapillary.
**Tubulopapillary.
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**Solid.  
**Solid.  
**Embryoid bodies - ball of cells in surrounded by empty space on three sides.
**Embryoid bodies - ball of cells in surrounded by empty space on three sides.
*Necrosis - common.
**Not present in seminoma.


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