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Central Nervous System Germinoma
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C7009

A malignant germ cell tumor arising from the central nervous system. It is composed of uniform cells resembling primitive germ cells. These cells have large, vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli and a clear, glycogen-rich cytoplasm. Additional features are lymphoid or lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates and, less frequently, scattered syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells. (Adapted from WHO)

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Central Nervous System Germinoma
Germinoma of Central Nervous System
Germinoma of CNS
Germinoma of the Central Nervous System
Germinoma of the CNS
Germinoma
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