Extragonadal teratomas

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gonzalez-Crussi, F. (autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Published by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology under the auspices of Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology, 1982.
Colección:(Atlas of tumor pathology, 2da ser., fasc. 18)
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Definition.
  • Nomenclature.
  • Conventional use of terms in clinical medicine.
  • Proposed terminology for experimental teratomas (stevens and pierce).
  • Classification of gonadal and extragonadal teratomas.
  • Use of terms in pathologic diagnosis.
  • Hypotheses of origin.
  • The germ cell theory.
  • The "embryonic cell" theory.
  • the "unifying" hypothesis.
  • The "extraembryonic cell" theory.
  • The "included-twin" hypothesis.
  • "fetus-in-fetu".
  • Properties and behavior of teratomas in vitro .
  • Cultured cells.
  • Immunologic properties.
  • Embryoid bodies.
  • Considerations on pathogenesis.
  • Cytogenic data.
  • Epidemiologic data on human teratomas.
  • Benign or malignant? a practical approach.
  • Eembryonal carcinoma cells.
  • Germ cell tumor cells.
  • Germinoma cells.
  • Nongerminal tumor cells.
  • Correlation of grade and prognosis.
  • Subclassification of teratomas.
  • Mmalignant teratoma, trophoblastic (mtt).
  • Teratoma, differentiated (td).
  • Malignant teratoma, intermediate (mti).
  • Malignant teratoma, undifferentiated (mtu)