Germ cell tumors

2021-06-17 Paola Dal Cin Affiliation

1.Brigham and Women's Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston , MA (USA)

Classification

Definition

Germ cell tumors in the kidney are very rare and are morphologically like to germ cell tumors seen in the testis, ovary, and uterus. Pure teratoma can also occur in the kidney, mainly in prepuberal patients, rarely in adults ¹. A metastasis must always be excluded when a germ cell tumor is encountered in the kidney.

Bibliography

Reference Number	Pubmed ID	Last Year	Title	Authors
1	30170453	2018	Renal immature teratoma in a male adult: A case report and literature review.	Zhang XL et al

Citation

Paola Dal Cin

Germ cell tumors

Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2021-06-17

Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/solid-tumor/208904/germ-cell-tumors