/mediastinal malignant germ cell tumor

mediastinal malignant germ cell tumor

Rare Disease

MONDO:0006298

Also Known As

malignant mediastinal germ cell tumormalignant mediastinal germ cell tumourmediastinal germ cell tumor, malignantmediastinal malignant germ cell tumorthymic malignant germ cell tumorthymic malignant germ cell tumourmalignant germ cell neoplasm of mediastinummalignant germ cell neoplasm of the mediastinummalignant germ cell tumor of mediastinummalignant germ cell tumor of the mediastinummalignant germ cell tumour of mediastinummalignant germ cell tumour of the mediastinummalignant mediastinal germ cell neoplasm

Definition

An extragonadal malignant germ cell tumor that arises from the mediastinum. This category includes seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, mixed germ cell tumors, and immature malignant teratoma.