Extragonadal teratomas
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Published by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology under the auspices of Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology,
1982.
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| Series: | (Atlas of tumor pathology,
2da ser., fasc. 18) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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)