Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review

Yolk sac tumor (YST) is a rare primary brain tumor that occurs almost exclusively in patients under 30 years old. Intracranial germ cell tumors are most frequently located in the pineal and suprasellar region. Medulla oblongata YSTs are particularly rare. Extragonadal YSTs may be difficult to diagno...

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Autores principales: Isaji, Taiki, Iwami, Kenichiro, Ato, Fuminori, Watanabe, Tadashi, Takahashi, Emiko, Miyachi, Shigeru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35989277
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9447-22
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author Isaji, Taiki
Iwami, Kenichiro
Ato, Fuminori
Watanabe, Tadashi
Takahashi, Emiko
Miyachi, Shigeru
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Iwami, Kenichiro
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description Yolk sac tumor (YST) is a rare primary brain tumor that occurs almost exclusively in patients under 30 years old. Intracranial germ cell tumors are most frequently located in the pineal and suprasellar region. Medulla oblongata YSTs are particularly rare. Extragonadal YSTs may be difficult to diagnose because of their characteristics, such as the rarity and variety of growth patterns. Furthermore, they are known to have a very poor prognosis. We herein report a case of YST of the medulla oblongata in a 50-year-old woman. She was followed up for 18 months without any tumor recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-100761302023-04-06 Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review Isaji, Taiki Iwami, Kenichiro Ato, Fuminori Watanabe, Tadashi Takahashi, Emiko Miyachi, Shigeru Intern Med Case Report Yolk sac tumor (YST) is a rare primary brain tumor that occurs almost exclusively in patients under 30 years old. Intracranial germ cell tumors are most frequently located in the pineal and suprasellar region. Medulla oblongata YSTs are particularly rare. Extragonadal YSTs may be difficult to diagnose because of their characteristics, such as the rarity and variety of growth patterns. Furthermore, they are known to have a very poor prognosis. We herein report a case of YST of the medulla oblongata in a 50-year-old woman. She was followed up for 18 months without any tumor recurrence. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022-08-20 2023-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10076130/ /pubmed/35989277 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9447-22 Text en Copyright © 2023 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Isaji, Taiki
Iwami, Kenichiro
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Watanabe, Tadashi
Takahashi, Emiko
Miyachi, Shigeru
Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with a Yolk Sac Tumor Component in the Medulla Oblongata of a 50-year-old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort mixed germ cell tumor with a yolk sac tumor component in the medulla oblongata of a 50-year-old patient: a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35989277
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9447-22
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