Diseases

Germinoma

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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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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  • Germinomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)

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Previous Indexing

  • Dysgerminoma (1966-1993)
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal (1972-1993)
  • Pinealoma (1966-1993)
  • Teratoma (1966-1993)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Germinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018237. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018237
  2. Germinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinoma
  3. Germinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950838