A highly malignant, primitive form of carcinoma, probably of germinal cell or teratomatous derivation, usually arising in a gonad and rarely in other sites. It is rare in the female ovary, but in the male it accounts for 20% of all testicular tumors. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1595)

Annotation

coordinate with OVARIAN NEOPLASMS or TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS & appropriate check tags

DUI

D018236 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0027465

Previous indexing

Carcinoma (1986-1993); Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal (1985-1993); Tumor Cells, Cultured (1987-1993); Tumor Stem Cells (1985-1993)

History note

94

Public note

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