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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal > Carcinoma, Embryonal

Preferred term

Carcinoma, Embryonal  

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Note

  • coordinate with OVARIAN NEOPLASMS or TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS & appropriate check tags

Scope note

  • 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)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018236

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