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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Gonadal Tissue > Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors

Preferred term

Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors  

Type

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Definition

  • Neoplasms derived from the primitive sex cord or gonadal stromal cells of the embryonic GONADS. They are classified by their presumed histogenesis and differentiation. From the sex cord, there are SERTOLI CELL TUMOR and GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; from the gonadal stroma, LEYDIG CELL TUMOR and THECOMA. These tumors may be identified in either the OVARY or the TESTIS. A sex cord-gonadal stromal tumor, composed of cells of both the OVARY and the TESTIS. It produces both male and female GONADAL STEROID HORMONES.

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  • Sex Cord-Stromal Tumor

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KQ2LSTQS-5

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