A 34-year-old male has been diagnosed with testicular cancer after he visited his family physician with a complaint of an enlarged, painful testicle
Biopsy has indicated that his tumor is malignant, and his oncologist believes that the tumor arose in the seminiferous epithelium and is producing a uniform population of cells. What is the client's most likely specific diagnosis?
A)
Seminoma
B)
Choriocarcinoma
C)
Germ cell tumor
D)
Nonseminoma
Ans:
A
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Seminomas are the subtype of germ cell tumors that are most common in the fourth decade and are thought to originate with the seminiferous epithelium and produce a uniform cell population. Nonseminomas tend to produce a variety of cell types, and choriocarcinoma is rare variant of nonseminoma testicular cancer that originates in the placental tissue.
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