The decisive role of molecular pathology in presumed somatic metastases of type II testicular germ cell tumors: report of 2 cases.
Mariëtte E G KranendonkWenzel M HackengG Johan A OfferhausFolkert H M MorsinkGeertruida N JongesGerard GroenewegenPieter-Jaap KrijtenburgHeinz-Josef KlümpenWendy W J de LengLeendert H J LooijengaLodewijk A A BrosensPublished in: Diagnostic pathology (2020)
Without the molecular data, both cases would have been regarded as a metastatic TGCT with development of somatic-type malignancy, which appeared a wrong diagnosis for case 2. These cases demonstrate the importance of molecular methods as an adjunct in today's pathology practice.