Dysgerminoma

A malignant tumour of the ovary or testicle.


Malignant tumor of the ovary, thought to arise from primitive germ cells; it homologous to the ‘seminoma of the testing about 15% of such tumors affect bet ovaries; outside the ovary they have bee recorded in the anterior mediastinum an  near the pineal gland. Dysgerminomas ma occur from infancy to old age, but the average age of patients is about 20 year The tumors are very sensitive to radio therapy. Dysgerminomas are also known a large cell carcinomas or alveolar sarcoma of the ovary.


A resilient, slow-growing cancerous growth in the ovary or testicle that maintains a firm and elastic texture. This type of cancer generally does not metastasize to distant areas of the body.


 


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