Imaging in gynecological disease: clinical and ultrasound characteristics of ovarian embryonal carcinomas, non-gestational choriocarcinomas and malignant mixed germ cell tumors.

A unilateral, large solid tumor with inhomogeneous echogenicity of the solid tissue, and with dispersed small cystic areas, in a young woman should raise the suspicion of a rare malignant germ cell tumor. This suspicion can guide the clinician to test tumor markers specific for malignant germ cell tumors. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.