Primary Yolk Sac Tumor of the Liver in an Adult Man

Primary yolk sac tumor of the liver is extremely rare in adults. We report a case of a young man with an unresectable primary yolk sac tumor of the liver, who had a platinum-refractory disease that progressed despite 2 lines of chemotherapy. We review the literature pertaining to primary yolk sac tu...

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Autores principales: Vanidassane, Ilavarasi, Sharma, Vinod, Ramteke, Prashant, Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Batra, Atul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6658047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31616734
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000050
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Sumario:Primary yolk sac tumor of the liver is extremely rare in adults. We report a case of a young man with an unresectable primary yolk sac tumor of the liver, who had a platinum-refractory disease that progressed despite 2 lines of chemotherapy. We review the literature pertaining to primary yolk sac tumor of the liver and its management.

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