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Germ cell tumor located in the midline of the anterior neck
Author(s) -
Tatyana Pirdopska,
Ivan Terziev,
S. Hristova,
W. Mladenovsky,
Rosen Petkov
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
turkish journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1309-5730
pISSN - 1018-5615
DOI - 10.5146/tjpath.2011.01088
Subject(s) - thyroid , histopathological examination , medicine , anatomy , pathology , infiltration (hvac) , lesion , germ cell , anterior wall , germ cell tumors , anterior pituitary , biology , chemotherapy , biochemistry , physics , gene , hormone , thermodynamics
Primary germ cell tumors involving midline of the anterior neck are extremely rare. Here we report a 68-year-old male who was operated due to a mass lesion in the anterior neck with infiltration of the isthmus of the thyroid gland. Histopathological examination revealed a germ cell tumor with extragonadal localization in the anterior neck infiltrating the isthmus of the thyroid gland.

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