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Is it feasible to diagnose germ-cell tumors by fine-needle aspiration biopsy?
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Diagnostic Cytopathology
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Fine needle aspiration biopsy is an extremely useful procedure for the diagnosis of germ cell tumors. Most of the subtypes can be easily recognized and differentiated from other subtypes. For difficult cases clinical pathologic correlation may be extremely helpful in establishing a precise diagnosis. Mixed germ cell tumors may cause some difficulty if one of the components is predominant. Immunohistochemistry may also play an important role in arriving at a definitive diagnosis.