title: Germ cell tumor located in the midline of the anterior neck.
abstract: Primary germ cell tumors involving midline of the anterior neck are extremely rare. Here we report a 68-year-old male who was operated due to a mass lesion in the anterior neck with infiltration of the isthmus of the thyroid gland. Histopathological examination revealed a germ cell tumor with extragonadal localization in the anterior neck infiltrating the isthmus of the thyroid gland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria. titia@abv.bg
authors.forename: Tatyana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pirdopska
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Terziev
authors.forename: Sv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hristova
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mladenovsky
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petkov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy