Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Lung With a Somatic-Like Malignant Component in a Patient With Testicular Germ-Cell Tumor

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In urological oncology, the diagnosis of teratoma with a somatic-like malignant component refers to the presence of a malignant neoplasm, e.g. carcinoma or sarcoma, either within a teratoma of the genital tract (usually the testis) or, more commonly, in a metastasis, following initial cisplatin therapy. The somatic-type malignancy (STM) most widely observed in germ cell tumors (GCT) is rhabdomyosarcoma; neuroendocrine carcinoma is extremely rare.

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