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sex cords
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sex cords [′seks ‚kȯrdz]
(embryology)
Cordlike masses of epithelial tissue that invaginate from germinal epithelium of the gonad and give rise to seminiferous tubules and rete testes in the male, and primary ovarian follicles and rete ovarii in the female.
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1) Based upon their cell type of origin, primary ovarian malignancies are classified into surface epithelium, germ cell, or sex cord tumors.
Juvenile granulosa cell tumor of the ovary by Long, Jeremiah R.; Danielson, David / Applied Radiology
GYNOB3 SEX CORD TUMOR WITH ANNULAR TUBULES IN A 15-YEAR-OLD NULLIGRAVIDA.
GYNOB3 Sex cord tumor with annular tubules in a 15-year-old ... by Southern Medical Journal
It is a sex cord tumour that is often hormonally active.
Cases are fortunately very rare by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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