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a highly malignant germ cell tumor that is a primitive form of carcinoma, probably of primitive embryonal cell derivation; it may be found either in pure form or as part of a mixed germ cell tumor and has a histological appearance similar to that of a yolk sac tumor. In females, there is a median age of 15; in males the majority of patients are adolescents or older.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Embryonal carcinoma — Infobox Disease Name = Embryonal carcinoma Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = 9070 9072 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D018236 The Embryonal Carcinoma is one of the several types of testicular (or… … Wikipedia
embryonal carcinoma — noun malignant neoplasm of the testis • Hypernyms: ↑carcinoma … Useful english dictionary
infantile embryonal carcinoma — yolk sac tumor … Medical dictionary
juvenile embryonal carcinoma — yolk sac tumor … Medical dictionary
carcinoma — Any of various types of malignant neoplasm derived from epithelial cells, chiefly glandular (adenocarcinoma) or squamous (squamous cell c.); the most commonly occurring kind of cancer. [G. karkinoma, fr. karkinos, cancer, + oma, tumor] Like other … Medical dictionary
Squamous-cell carcinoma — Squamous cell carcinoma, NOS Classification and external resources SCC of the skin tends to arise from pre malignant lesions, actinic keratoses; surface is usually scaly and often ulcerates (as shown here). ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Small-cell carcinoma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a small cell carcinoma of the lung showing cells with nuclear moulding, minimal amount of cytoplasm and stippled chromatin. FNA specim … Wikipedia
Uterine clear cell carcinoma — Classification and external resources ICD 10 C54.1 ICD 9 182 Uterine clear cell carcinom … Wikipedia
Clear-cell ovarian carcinoma — Micrograph of an ovarian clear cell carcinoma. H E stain. Clear cell ovarian tumors are part of the surface epithelial stromal tumor group of ovarian cancers, accounting for 6% of these cancers. Clear cell tumors are also associated with the… … Wikipedia
Teratoma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a teratoma showing tissue from all three germ layers: mesoderm (immature cartilage left upper corner of image), endoderm (gastrointestinal glands cente … Wikipedia
