Central nervous system germinoma

A malignant germ cell tumor arising from the central nervous system. It is composed of uniform cells resembling primitive germ cells. These cells have large, vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli and a clear, glycogen-rich cytoplasm. Additional features are lymphoid or lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates and, less frequently, scattered syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells. (Adapted from WHO)

Also known as: central nervous system germinoma, central nervous system germinoma (disease), germinoma of CNS, germinoma of central nervous system, germinoma of the CNS, germinoma of the central nervous system, intracranial germinoma

2777 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 2 tagged with Central nervous system germinoma itself.