Dysgerminoma
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| Dysgerminoma | |
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-9 | 183.0 |
|---|---|
| ICD-O: | 9060/3 |
| MeSH | D004407 |
A dysgerminoma is a type of germ cell tumor;[1] it usually is malignant and usually occurs in the ovary.
A tumor of the identical histology but not occurring in the ovary may be described by an alternate name: seminoma in the testis[2] or germinoma in the central nervous system or other parts of the body.
Dysgerminoma is the most common type of malignant germ cell ovarian cancer. Dysgerminoma usually occurs in adolescence and early adult life; about 5% occur in pre-pubertal children. Dysgerminoma is extremely rare after age 50. Dysgerminoma occurs in both ovaries in 10% of patients and, in a further 10%, there is microscopic tumor in the other ovary.
Abnormal gonads (due to gonadal dysgenesis and androgen insensitivity syndrome) have a high risk[citation needed] of developing a dysgerminoma. Most dysgerminomas are associated with elevated serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), which is sometimes used as a tumor marker.
[edit] Presentation
On gross examination, dysgerminomas present with a smooth, bosselated (knobby) external surface, and is soft, fleshy and either cream-coloured, gray, pink or tan when cut. Microscopic examination typically reveals uniform cells that resemble primordial germ cells. Typically, the stroma contains lymphocytes and about 20% of patients have sarcoid-like granulomas.
Metastases are most often present in the lymph nodes.
[edit] Treatment
Dysgerminomas, like other seminomatous germ cell tumors, are very sensitive to both chemotherapy and radiotherapy. For this reason, with treatment patients' chances of long term survival, even cure, is excellent.
[edit] References
- ^ Behtash N, Karimi Zarchi M (2007). "Dysgerminoma in three patients with Swyer syndrome". World J Surg Oncol 5: 71. doi:. PMID 17587461. PMC: 1934908. http://www.wjso.com/content/5//71.
- ^ dysgerminoma at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
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