Question 316 · LEK · Non-epithelial ovarian tumors
β-hCG levels are not increased in which of the following?
- A. embryonal carcinoma.
- B. polyembryoma.
- C. gonadoblastoma.
- D. mixed carcinomas.
- E. dysgerminoma.
Hint
hCG comes from syncytiotrophoblastic elements; ask which tumour contains no such elements and is mainly a mixed germ cell-stromal lesion of dysgenetic gonads.
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