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

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Germinoma  

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  • coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)

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  • A malignant neoplasm of the germinal tissue of the GONADS; MEDIASTINUM; or pineal region. Germinomas are uniform in appearance, consisting of large, round cells with vesicular nuclei and clear or finely granular eosinophilic-staining cytoplasm. (Stedman, 265th ed; from DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, pp1642-3)

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