I. Benign teratomas |
Mature
teratoma |
Grade 0 - All component tissues appear well
differentiated |
Grade 1 - Occasional microscopic foci contain
incompletely differentiated tissues, not exceeding 10 percent of the
sampled surface |
Immature
teratoma, benign |
Grade 2 - Immature tissues make up between 10 and 50
percent of the sampled tumor surface |
Grade 3 - Over half of the surface examined is composed
of undifferentiated tissues of uncertain metastatic potential; a benign
course is still possible |
II. Malignant
teratomas |
With
areas of germ cell tumor |
Germinoma (seminoma, dysgerminoma) |
Embryonal carcinoma |
Choriocarcinoma |
Yolk sac tumor |
Mixed (any combination of the above) |
With
nongerminal malignant tumor pattern |
Carcinoma |
Sarcoma |
Malignant embryonal tumor |
Mixed |
Immature
teratoma, malignant |
A teratoma that would otherwise be classified as benign
immature teratoma, but which subsequently became metastatic |