"Germinoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A malignant neoplasm of the germinal tissue of the GONADS; MEDIASTINUM; or pineal region. Germinomas are uniform in appearance, consisting of large, round cells with vesicular nuclei and clear or finely granular eosinophilic-staining cytoplasm. (Stedman, 265th ed; from DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, pp1642-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D018237
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.330
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Germinoma" by people in Profiles.
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging to differentiate between nonneoplastic lesions and brain tumors in children. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Feb; 23(2):99-107.
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De novo development of a cavernous malformation of the spinal cord following spinal axis radiation. Case report. J Neurosurg. 1999 Apr; 90(2 Suppl):234-8.
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Adenocarcinoma arising within a testicular metastasis. Urology. 1998 Apr; 51(4):632-4.
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Laparoscopic approach to retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Semin Surg Oncol. 1996 Mar-Apr; 12(2):121-5.