/malignant testicular germ cell tumor

malignant testicular germ cell tumor

Rare Disease

MONDO:0003510

Also Known As

testicular cancermalignant germ cell neoplasm of testismalignant germ cell neoplasm of the testismalignant germ cell tumor of testismalignant germ cell tumor of the testismalignant germ cell tumour of testismalignant germ cell tumour of the testismalignant testicular germ cell neoplasmmalignant testicular germ cell tumortesticular ca. (no germ/tropho.)testicular cancer (excluding germ cell or trophoblastic cancer)testicular germ cell cancertesticular malignant germ cell cancer

Definition

A malignant tumor predominantly affecting young men and often associated with cryptorchidism. Seminoma is the most frequently seen malignant testicular germ cell tumor, followed by embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor.