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*Orchiectomy is curative. | *Orchiectomy is curative. | ||
*Not reported/found in females.<ref name=pmid7927308/> | *Not reported/found in females.<ref name=pmid7927308/> | ||
*Typically older - mean age 50s.<ref name=pmid7927308/> | |||
====Epidemiology==== | ====Epidemiology==== | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*''Spireme'' = the tangle of filaments in prophase portion of mitosis.<ref>URL: [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spireme http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spireme]. Accessed on: 4 June 2010.</ref> | *''Spireme'' = the tangle of filaments in prophase portion of mitosis.<ref>URL: [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spireme http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spireme]. Accessed on: 4 June 2010.</ref> | ||
*May have eosinophilic cytoplasm (dependent on lab). | |||
**Usually larger than [[Leydig tumour]]. | |||
Images: | Images: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermatocytic_seminoma_high_mag.jpg Spermatocytic seminoma - high mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermatocytic_seminoma_high_mag.jpg Spermatocytic seminoma - high mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermatocytic_seminoma_intermed_mag.jpg Spermatocytic seminoma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermatocytic_seminoma_intermed_mag.jpg Spermatocytic seminoma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | ||
==Yolk sac tumour== | ==Yolk sac tumour== | ||