Diagnosis and management of a rare bilateral ovarian mixed germ cell tumor: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in OncologyBackgroundMixed ovarian malignant germ cell tumors (MOGCTs) are rare neoplasms composed of two or more malignant germ cell components, representing less than 1% of all ovarian germ cell tumors.
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A rare case of pure-type embryonal carcinoma in a 75-year-old woman mimicking epithelial ovarian carcinoma [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2022 Embryonal carcinoma, a very rare ovarian germ cell tumor, involves pure and mixed phenotypes. Pure-type embryonal carcinoma has never been reported in postmenopausal women. The current case was, thus, misdiagnosed as an epithelial ovarian carcinoma based
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Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2022 Introduction: sacrococcygeal teratoma (TSC) is the most common tumor of the neonatal period. Alphafetoprotein is an important tumor marker and is used in the follow-up period as a marker of malignancy.
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Spermatocytic tumor – case report [PDF]
Liječnički vjesnik, 2021 According to the newest WHO classification tumors of the testis are divided into germ cell tumors derived from germ cell neoplasia in situ, germ cell tumors unrelated to germ cell neoplasia in situ, sex cord-stromal tumors, tumors containing both germ ...
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Primitive neuroectodermal tumors in patients with testicular germ cell tumors usually resemble pediatric-type central nervous system embryonal neoplasms and lack chromosome 22 rearrangements [PDF]
Modern Pathology, 2010 Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are one of the most frequent types of 'non-germ cell' tumor in patients with testicular germ cell tumors and have a guarded prognosis when present in metastatic sites after cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Improved treatments, including targeted therapy, require understanding the biology of these neoplasms.
Thomas M, Ulbright +6 more
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The histologic features of intratubular germ cell neoplasia and its correlation with tumor behavior [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2016 Purpose: To assess the prevalence of intratubular germ cell neoplasia (ITGCN) in patients with concurrent testis tumor and its correlation with histologic features and serum tumor markers.
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Extragonadal germ-cell tumors – a review of the pathogenesis, histopathological findings, diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2019 Primary extragonadal germ-cell tumors (EGCTs) are a rare group of neoplasms, that can exist anywere along the midline of the body, without the evidence of a primary gonadal tumor.
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Rare complication of chemotherapy in testicular cancer [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2009 Testicular neoplasms metastasizing to the retroperitoneum rarely involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. We describe an unusual case of contained small bowel perforation as a complication of chemotherapy treatment of metastatic non seminomatous germ ...
Goad Abdel Helmy Ehab
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Prognostic factors in children with extracranial germ cell tumors treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2015 PurposeTo evaluate the outcomes and prognostic factors in children with extracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) treated at a single institution.MethodsSixty-six children diagnosed with extracranial GCTs between 1996 and 2012 were included in the study ...
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023 Background Teratoma is a type of germ cell tumor consisting of one or multiple tissues derived from germinal layers. The location and size of the tumor can cause various presentations.
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