Polyembryoma Explained

Polyembryoma

Polyembryoma is a rare, very aggressive form of germ cell tumor usually found in the ovaries. Polyembryoma has features of both yolk sac tumour and undifferentiated teratoma/embryonal carcinoma, with a characteristic finding of embryoid bodies lying in a loose mesenchymal stroma.

It has been found in association with Klinefelter syndrome.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Beresford L, Fernandez CV, Cummings E, Sanderson S, Ming-Yu W, Giacomantonio M . Mediastinal polyembryoma associated with Klinefelter syndrome . Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology . 25 . 4 . 321–323 . April 2003 . 12679648 . 10.1097/00043426-200304000-00011 .