ICD-11 classes
02 Neoplasms
Malignant neoplasms, except primary neoplasms of lymphoid,...
Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of...
Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs
2C73 — Malignant neoplasms of ovary
2C73.1 — Dysgerminoma of ovary
ICD-11 2C73.1 — Dysgerminoma of ovary
A malignant germ cell tumour arising from the ovary. Morphologically, it is identical to seminoma and consists of a monotonous population of germ cells with abundant pale cytoplasm and uniform nuclei. The stroma invariably contains chronic inflammatory cells, mostly T-lymphocytes. It responds to chemotherapy or radiotherapy and the prognosis relates to the tumour stage.
It includes 1 item.
- Malignant dysgerminomatous germ cell tumour of ovary
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.