"Germinoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D018237
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.330
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Germinoma" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Iczkowski KA, Bostwick DG, Roche PC, Cheville JC. Inhibin A is a sensitive and specific marker for testicular sex cord-stromal tumors. Mod Pathol. 1998 Aug; 11(8):774-9.
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Huhn SL, Harris BT, Piatt JH. A preadolescent with polydipsia and polyuria. Pediatr Neurosurg. 1998 Feb; 28(2):91-5.
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Olie RA, Fenderson B, Daley K, Oosterhuis JW, Murphy J, Looijenga LH. Glycolipids of human primary testicular germ cell tumours. Br J Cancer. 1996 Jul; 74(1):133-40.
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Wenk J, Andrews PW, Casper J, Hata J, Pera MF, von Keitz A, Damjanov I, Fenderson BA. Glycolipids of germ cell tumors: extended globo-series glycolipids are a hallmark of human embryonal carcinoma cells. Int J Cancer. 1994 Jul 01; 58(1):108-15.