dysgerminoma of ovary
MONDO:0003481Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names dysgerminoma of ovary yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A malignant germ cell tumor 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 tumor stage.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0003481), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
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Other names
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Resolves to: dysgerminoma of ovary
- Also called
- dysgerminoma of the ovarygerm cell dysgerminoma of ovarygerm cell dysgerminoma of the ovaryovarian dysgerminomaovarian germ cell dysgerminomaovary dysgerminoma (disease)