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Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review
BACKGROUND: Yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) is a rare malignant germ cell tumor arising in the testis or ovary. Extragonadal yolk sac tumor is even rarer and has only been described in case reports. Due to the rarity of the tumors, the appropriately optimal treatment remains unclear. We repo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22978485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-189 |
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author | Yao, Xu-Dong Hong, Ya-Ping Ye, Ding-Wei Wang, Chao-Fu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) is a rare malignant germ cell tumor arising in the testis or ovary. Extragonadal yolk sac tumor is even rarer and has only been described in case reports. Due to the rarity of the tumors, the appropriately optimal treatment remains unclear. We report a case of yolk sac tumor in the seminal vesicle. CASE: A 38-year-old Asian male presented with gross hematuria and hemospermia. Transrectal ultrasound scan showed a solid mass in the left seminal vesicle and the scrotal sonography showed no abnormalities. Bilateral seminal vesicles were resected, and histopathological examination showed a typical pattern of yolk sac tumor (YST). The patient responded poorly to comprehensive treatment of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgeries, developed systemic multiple metastases, and died of cachexia one and half years after diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-34992222012-11-16 Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review Yao, Xu-Dong Hong, Ya-Ping Ye, Ding-Wei Wang, Chao-Fu World J Surg Oncol Case Report BACKGROUND: Yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) is a rare malignant germ cell tumor arising in the testis or ovary. Extragonadal yolk sac tumor is even rarer and has only been described in case reports. Due to the rarity of the tumors, the appropriately optimal treatment remains unclear. We report a case of yolk sac tumor in the seminal vesicle. CASE: A 38-year-old Asian male presented with gross hematuria and hemospermia. Transrectal ultrasound scan showed a solid mass in the left seminal vesicle and the scrotal sonography showed no abnormalities. Bilateral seminal vesicles were resected, and histopathological examination showed a typical pattern of yolk sac tumor (YST). The patient responded poorly to comprehensive treatment of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgeries, developed systemic multiple metastases, and died of cachexia one and half years after diagnosis. BioMed Central 2012-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3499222/ /pubmed/22978485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-189 Text en Copyright ©2012 Yao et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Yao, Xu-Dong Hong, Ya-Ping Ye, Ding-Wei Wang, Chao-Fu Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
title | Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
title_full | Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
title_fullStr | Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
title_short | Primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
title_sort | primary yolk sac tumor of seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22978485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-189 |
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