Germinoma

"Germinoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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)

Descriptor ID	D018237
MeSH Number(s)	C04.557.465.330
Concept/Terms	Germinoma Germinoma Germinomas

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Diseases [C]
Neoplasms [C04]
Neoplasms by Histologic Type [C04.557]
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal [C04.557.465]
Germinoma [C04.557.465.330]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	0	2	2
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	3	0	3
2004	2	0	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1

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Madhukar M, Maller VG, Choudhary AK, Iantosca MR, Specht CS, Dias MS. Primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 May; 11(5):605-9.

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Iczkowski KA, Butler SL, Shanks JH, Hossain D, Schall A, Meiers I, Zhou M, Torkko KC, Kim SJ, MacLennan GT. Trials of new germ cell immunohistochemical stains in 93 extragonadal and metastatic germ cell tumors. Hum Pathol. 2008 Feb; 39(2):275-81.

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Hourani R, Horsk? A, Albayram S, Brant LJ, Melhem E, Cohen KJ, Burger PC, Weingart JD, Carson B, Wharam MD, Barker PB. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging to differentiate between nonneoplastic lesions and brain tumors in children. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Feb; 23(2):99-107.

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Weinberg NM, Zwas DR, Owen AN, Zangrilli JG, Van Tassell P. Left ventricular intracardiac metastatic germ cell tumor presenting with hemorrhagic cerebrovascular event. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Oct; 17(10):1080-3.

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Billmire D, Vinocur C, Rescorla F, Cushing B, London W, Schlatter M, Davis M, Giller R, Lauer S, Olson T. Outcome and staging evaluation in malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary in children and adolescents: an intergroup study. J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Mar; 39(3):424-9; discussion 424-9.

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Rescorla F, Billmire D, Vinocur C, Colombani P, London W, Giller R, Cushing B, Lauer S, Cullen J, Davis M, Hawkins E. The effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery in children with malignant germ cell tumors of the genital region: a pediatric intergroup trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Jun; 38(6):910-2.

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Schlatter M, Rescorla F, Giller R, Cushing B, Vinocur C, Colombani P, Cullen J, London W, Davis M, Lauer S, Olson T. Excellent outcome in patients with stage I germ cell tumors of the testes: a study of the Children's Cancer Group/Pediatric Oncology Group. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Mar; 38(3):319-24; discussion 319-24.

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Billmire D, Vinocur C, Rescorla F, Colombani P, Cushing B, Hawkins E, Davis M, London WB, Lauer S, Giller R. Malignant retroperitoneal and abdominal germ cell tumors: an intergroup study. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Mar; 38(3):315-8; discussion 315-8.

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Jondle DM, Shahin MS, Sorosky J, Benda JA. Ovarian mixed germ cell tumor with predominance of polyembryoma: a case report with literature review. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2002 Jan; 21(1):78-81.

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Cheville JC, Rao S, Iczkowski KA, Lohse CM, Pankratz VS. Cytokeratin expression in seminoma of the human testis. Am J Clin Pathol. 2000 Apr; 113(4):583-8.

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