Germ cell tumor classification

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Types Subtypes Signs and Symptoms Histopathology Lab finding Treatment Prognosis
Gonadal

Seminoma

Gross: pale gray to yellow nodules that are uniform or slightly lobulated and often bulge from the cut surface
  • Complete blood count and blood chemistry tests.
  • Abnormal serum tumor marker levels (LDH, HCG).[1]
  • CT: Metastases to the para-aortic, inguinal, or iliac lymph nodes. Visceral metastasis may also be seen.
  • Pelvic MRI: may be diagnostic. multinodular tumors of uniform signal intensity
  • Hypo- to isointense on T2-weighted images and inhomogenous enhancement on contrast enhanced T1-weighted images.
  • Other diagnostic studies for seminoma include biopsy, FDG-PET scan, and bone scan.
  • Prognosis of seminoma is good for all stages with greater than 90% cure rate.[2]
  • The International Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group divides seminoma into two prognosis groups: good and intermediate.[3]
  • Common complications of seminoma include recurrence, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, and secondary malignancies.[4]

Dysgerminoma

Germinoma

Extragonadal Embryonic

Teratoma

Extraembryonic

Coriocarcinoma

Yolk sac tumor

  1. Treatment and prognosis of testicular seminoma. Dr Marcin Czarniecki and Dr Andrew Dixon et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/testicular-seminoma-1. Accessed on March 2, 2016
  2. Prognosis and survival for testicular cancer. Canadian cancer society 2016. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/testicular/prognosis-and-survival/?region=on. Accessed on February 29, 2016
  3. Testicular seminoma. Dr Marcin Czarniecki and Dr Andrew Dixon et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/testicular-seminoma-1. Accessed on March 3, 2016