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Testicular monophasic choriocarcinoma

MedGen UID:
272841
•Concept ID:
C1515290
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Testicular Monophasic Choriocarcinoma; testicular monophasic choriocarcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003966

Definition

A choriocarcinoma that arises from the testis and is characterized by the predominance of cytotrophoblastic and intermediate trophoblastic cells. Syncytiotrophoblastic cells are absent or not prominent. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTesticular monophasic choriocarcinoma

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Diagnosis

Trophoblastic tumors of the testis other than classic choriocarcinoma: "monophasic" choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumor: a report of two cases.
Ulbright TM, Young RH, Scully RE
Am J Surg Pathol 1997 Mar;21(3):282-8. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199703000-00003. PMID: 9060597

Prognosis

Nonchoriocarcinomatous Trophoblastic Tumors of the Testis: The Widening Spectrum of Trophoblastic Neoplasia.
Idrees MT, Kao CS, Epstein JI, Ulbright TM
Am J Surg Pathol 2015 Nov;39(11):1468-78. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000509. PMID: 26457351

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