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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
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Definition
: Neoplasms composed of primordial GERM CELLS of embryonic GONADS or of elements of the germ layers of the EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the gonads or present in an embryo or FETUS.
neoplasms composed of germ cells or embryonic tissue, NOT neoplasms located in germ cells or embryonic tissue; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM); DF: NEOPL GERM CELL
Examples
Carcinoma, Embryonal
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Chordoma
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Germinoma
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Gonadoblastoma
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Mesonephroma
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Neuroectodermal Tumors
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Teratocarcinoma
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Teratoma
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Trophoblastic Neoplasms
Other names
Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed; Germ Cell Tumor; Germ Cell Cancer; Tumors, Germ Cell; Tumor, Germ Cell; Neoplasm, Embryonal; Germ Cell Tumors; Germ Cell Cancers; Embryonal Neoplasm; Embryonal Cancers; Embryonal Cancer; Cancers, Germ Cell; Cancers, Embryonal; Cancer, Germ Cell; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic; Neoplasms, Germ Cell; Neoplasms, Embryonal; Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms; Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms; Germ Cell Neoplasms
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Source
Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor
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*Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal.