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seminoma vs germinoma !

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Misrati
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01/20/08 - 07:44 PM

in which of the following respects do a seminoma involving the testes and a germinoma of the ovary differ most significantly ?

a-most common age of presentation

b-number of mitoses

c-Radiosensitivity

d- ultrastructural appearance

e-potential to contain foci of more aggressive tumor

new_n_lost
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01/20/08 - 08:06 PM

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Seminoma at 4th decade
Dysgerminoma at 3rd decade

Another difference is Seminoma is the most common in testicular tumor, Dysgerminoma is rare ovary tumor

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01/21/08 - 11:37 AM

Process of elimination leaves me with choice A since they are supposed to be identical.

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01/22/08 - 06:12 AM

new_n_lost wrote:
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Seminoma at 4th decade
Dysgerminoma at 3rd decade

Another difference is Seminoma is the most common in testicular tumor, Dysgerminoma is rare ovary tumor

that's right ...

similarity ? both of them are composed of sheets of uniform polyhedral cells with intervening fibrous septa of C.T ,lymphocytes and multinucleated giant cells

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