Histomorphology of germ cell tumors at various anatomic sites: a 5 years study at a tertiary care centre
- Resource Type
- Authors
- manal abdul lateef; Mohammad Iqbal Lone
- Source
- International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 9:3079
- Subject
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Medicine
Anatomic Site
Germ cell tumors
business
medicine.disease
Tertiary care
- Language
- ISSN
- 2320-6012
2320-6071
Background: Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms, which occur in the gonads, and at extra gonadal sites of the body. The aim of the study was to observe the different histopathological patterns of various GCTs in the body at all possible sites and to know their IHC staining patterns.Methods: The study was conducted for a period of 5 years from 2015 to 2019 and was an observational study. The recorded data was compiled and entered in a spreadsheet and then exported to data editor of SPSS Version 20.0. Continuous variables were expressed as mean SD and categorical variables were summarized as frequencies and percentages. Graphically the data was presented by bar and pie diagrams Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was applied for comparing categorical values. P