Exfoliative cytology of malignant germ cell tumors.
The cytologic features of germ cell tumors such as seminoma and embryonal carcinoma are sufficiently characteristic to make specific cytologic diagnosis possible in technically high quality smears. The prognosis of metastatic germ cell tumros is grave, as further substantiated by this study of 55 patients with positive cytologic specimens.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002648:Child; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000166:cytology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014556:Urine / Q000166:cytology; D014626:Vaginal Smears