Case report: Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor in the thigh
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Germ cell tumors (GCTs) in males predominantly arise from testicular tissue, but 2e5% arise in extragonadal sites with no evidence of a primary testicular tumor, thus called extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGCTs). They mostly arise in the mid-axis of the body; 50e70% in the mediastinum, 30e40% in the retroperitoneal space, and fewer arise in the pineal gland and the suprasellar region. Few occurrences in the prostate and the liver have been reported.1 GCTs are divided into seminomatous, whichmake up 20e24% of EGCTs, and non-seminomatous that form themajority of EGCTs and have a worse prognosis.2 Extragonadal localization of germ cell tumors is rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the thigh has never been previously reported in literature.
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