Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature

Paratesticular germ cell tumors are extremely rare. A 12-month-old boy with yolk sac tumor involving only the paratesticular tissue is reported. Pre-operatively raised alpha fetoprotein levels fell to normal levels after high inguinal orchiectomy. This appears to be the youngest and only the 3(rd) c...

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Autores principales: Lyngdoh, Toijam Soni, Menon, Prema, Jain, Richa, Das, Ashim
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23798815
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.109363
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author Lyngdoh, Toijam Soni
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description Paratesticular germ cell tumors are extremely rare. A 12-month-old boy with yolk sac tumor involving only the paratesticular tissue is reported. Pre-operatively raised alpha fetoprotein levels fell to normal levels after high inguinal orchiectomy. This appears to be the youngest and only the 3(rd) case reported in the English literature.
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spelling pubmed-36871552013-06-24 Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature Lyngdoh, Toijam Soni Menon, Prema Jain, Richa Das, Ashim J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Paratesticular germ cell tumors are extremely rare. A 12-month-old boy with yolk sac tumor involving only the paratesticular tissue is reported. Pre-operatively raised alpha fetoprotein levels fell to normal levels after high inguinal orchiectomy. This appears to be the youngest and only the 3(rd) case reported in the English literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3687155/ /pubmed/23798815 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.109363 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature
title_full Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature
title_short Primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: A case report and review of literature
title_sort primary paratesticular yolk sac tumor: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23798815
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.109363
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