Photomicroscopy of mixed germ cell tumour showing a combination of embryonal carcinoma (arrowhead) and choriocarcinoma as evidenced by the presence of a sheet of cytotrophoblasts surrounded by syncytiotrophoblasts (arrow) elements. Malignant ovarian mixed germ cell tumour: a rare combination. Koshy M, Vijayananthan A, Vadiveloo V - Biomedical imaging and intervention journal (2005). Not Altered. CC.
Germ cell tumors of the ovary are malignant cancer cells formed in the germ egg cells of the ovary.
Germ cell tumors of the ovary include:
- Choriocarcinoma of the ovary
- Dysgerminoma of the ovary
- Yolk sac tumor of the ovary
- Mixed germ cell tumors of the ovary
- Embryonal carcinoma of the ovary
- Polyembryoma of the ovary
- Teratomas of the ovary
