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Childhood Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor

MedGen UID:
164003
•Concept ID:
C0886483
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Neoplastic Process

Definition

A malignant germ cell tumor in children arising from the ovary. It includes the dysgerminoma, yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma and immature teratoma. [from NCI]

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Clinical Presentation, Management, and Diagnostic Performance of 2021 Criteria for Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes in Childhood.
Zhou J, Jin M, Su Y, Zhuo X, Fu L, Ren X, Ren C, Zhou A, Li J, Zhang W
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2024 May;11(3):e200242. Epub 2024 Apr 24 doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200242. PMID: 38657195Free PMC Article
DICER1-associated Tumors in the Female Genital Tract: Molecular Basis, Clinicopathologic Features, and Differential Diagnosis.
Han LM, Weiel JJ, Longacre TA, Folkins AK
Adv Anat Pathol 2022 Sep 1;29(5):297-308. Epub 2022 Jul 1 doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000351. PMID: 35778792
First evidence of genotype-phenotype correlations in Gorlin syndrome.
Evans DG, Oudit D, Smith MJ, Rutkowski D, Allan E, Newman WG, Lear JT
J Med Genet 2017 Aug;54(8):530-536. Epub 2017 Jun 8 doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2017-104669. PMID: 28596197

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