Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology

Yolk sac tumor is the most common germ cell tumor in infants and children. Majority of them arise in the gonads. Yolk sac tumor of undescended testis has been rarely diagnosed. We present a case of yolk sac tumor in right undescended testis in a 2-year-old child primarily diagnosed by fine needle as...

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Autores principales: Choudhury, Monisha, Sehgal, Shivali, Nangia, Anita, Chadha, Rajiv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25948949
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.155239
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author Choudhury, Monisha
Sehgal, Shivali
Nangia, Anita
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description Yolk sac tumor is the most common germ cell tumor in infants and children. Majority of them arise in the gonads. Yolk sac tumor of undescended testis has been rarely diagnosed. We present a case of yolk sac tumor in right undescended testis in a 2-year-old child primarily diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.
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spelling pubmed-44086822015-05-06 Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology Choudhury, Monisha Sehgal, Shivali Nangia, Anita Chadha, Rajiv J Cytol Case Report Yolk sac tumor is the most common germ cell tumor in infants and children. Majority of them arise in the gonads. Yolk sac tumor of undescended testis has been rarely diagnosed. We present a case of yolk sac tumor in right undescended testis in a 2-year-old child primarily diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4408682/ /pubmed/25948949 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.155239 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cytology 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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Sehgal, Shivali
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Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
title Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
title_full Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
title_fullStr Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
title_full_unstemmed Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
title_short Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
title_sort yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25948949
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.155239
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