Primary mediastinal germ cell tumor with intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the testis - Further support for germ cell origin of these tumors. A case report

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1031-1036

  Hailemariam, Seife ^a   Engeler, Daniel S ^a   Bannwart, Fridolin ^b   Amin, Mahul B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

cytogenetics; embryonal carcinoma; extragonadal germ cell neoplasm; intratubular germ cell neoplasia of testis; mediastinal tumor; nonseminomatous germ cell tumor; testicular tumor; yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOGENETICS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIPLE CANCER; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 0031046789     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970301)79:5<1031::AID-CNCR21>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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