Abstract

Incidence of malignant mixed ovarian germ cell tumours in a tertiary care hospital: A five year retrospective study

Highlights

  • Ovarian germ cell tumours originate from primitive germ cells of the embryonic gonad ovary and are rapidly growing heterogeneous neoplasms; malignant ovarian germ cell tumours (MOGCTs) are rare and highly aggressive neoplasms, comprising

  • From the data bank of the Department of Pathology a total of 54 patients among 1080 patients with ovarian cancer were diagnosed with malignant ovarian germ cell tumour

  • Malignant mixed germ cell tumour accounted for 9.2% (n= 5/54) all of them confirmed by the pathologist at the University Hospital “Dr José Eleuterio González”

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Introduction

Ovarian germ cell tumours originate from primitive germ cells of the embryonic gonad ovary and are rapidly growing heterogeneous neoplasms; malignant ovarian germ cell tumours (MOGCTs) are rare and highly aggressive neoplasms, comprising

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