Cytologic Features of Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors.

The article presents a study which describes and evaluates the extragonadal germ cell tumors (GCTs) cytologic features. It includes both primary and metastasis from gonadal sites in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. It discusses the results on the analysis of 88 cases in which 57 contain adequate cytologic material. It shows that each GCT type displayed characteristic morphologic features. It concludes that FNA cytology can reliably offer GCT diagnosis at extragonadal sites.