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Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor

Known as: Germ Cell Tumor of Mediastinum, Germ Cell Neoplasm of the Mediastinum, Germ Cell Tumor of the Mediastinum 
A germ cell tumor that arises from the mediastinum. Representative examples include seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, teratoma, and… 
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2009
2009
Malignant Histiocytoses/Disseminated Histiocytic Sarcoma With Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Patient With Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor
We describe a case of a 24-year-old man with a large anterior mediastinal mass showing a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor then… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Diagnosis, staging, and clinical characteristics of the patient with mediastinal germ cell carcinoma.
Review
1997
Review
1997
Primary mediastinal germ cell tumor with intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the testis‐‐further support for germ cell origin of these tumors
The histogenesis of extragonadal germ cell tumors remains an enigma. The majority of patients with retroperitoneal tumors are… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Mediastinal germ cell tumors.
Mediastinal germ cell tumors are among the most common tumors in the anterior mediastinum. This tumor should be considered… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Mediastinal germ cell tumor in a young woman.
Primary mediastinal germ cell malignancies are uncommon neoplasms, usually presenting in young men. We review a case of a primary… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Establishment in long term culture of megakaryocytic leukemia cells (EST-IU) from the marrow of a patient with leukemia and a mediastinal germ cell neoplasm.
Megakaryocytes are the bone marrow cells that generate platelets. They are relatively rare cells, comprising between 0.03 and 0… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Mediastinal teratoma associated with Klinefelter's syndrome.
1982
1982
VAB-3 combination chemotherapy in primary mediastinal germ cell tumors.
Ten patients with primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors were treated with the VAB-3 protocol. All patients with… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Chemotherapy of mediastinal germ cell tumors.
P RIMARY GERM cell tumors of the mediastinum are rare. A recent review of 1687 patients with primary tumors and cysts of the… 
1979
1979
Mediastinal germ cell tumors (surgery).
F ROM 1966 TO 1976, 472 patients with metastatic germ cell tumors from primary tumors in the testes were seen at Memorial… 
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