Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report

Pure yolk sac tumor is the most frequently seen testicular tumor in childhood; however it is usually a component of mixed germ cell tumor in adults. Pure yolk sac tumors are quite rare in adults. Pure yolk sac tumor in adults has been categorized as yolk sac tumor, post-pubertal type. We report a ca...

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Autores principales: Behera, Pushpanjali, Ahuja, Arvind, Bhardwaj, Minakshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy 2021
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Case Report: Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8118221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34013198
http://dx.doi.org/10.15386/mpr-1470
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author Behera, Pushpanjali
Ahuja, Arvind
Bhardwaj, Minakshi
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description Pure yolk sac tumor is the most frequently seen testicular tumor in childhood; however it is usually a component of mixed germ cell tumor in adults. Pure yolk sac tumors are quite rare in adults. Pure yolk sac tumor in adults has been categorized as yolk sac tumor, post-pubertal type. We report a case of pure yolk sac tumor of right testis with lung metastasis in a 37-year-old man who was successfully treated by high inguinal orchidectomy and BEP combination chemotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-81182212021-05-18 Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report Behera, Pushpanjali Ahuja, Arvind Bhardwaj, Minakshi Med Pharm Rep Case Report: Oncology Pure yolk sac tumor is the most frequently seen testicular tumor in childhood; however it is usually a component of mixed germ cell tumor in adults. Pure yolk sac tumors are quite rare in adults. Pure yolk sac tumor in adults has been categorized as yolk sac tumor, post-pubertal type. We report a case of pure yolk sac tumor of right testis with lung metastasis in a 37-year-old man who was successfully treated by high inguinal orchidectomy and BEP combination chemotherapy. Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy 2021-04 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8118221/ /pubmed/34013198 http://dx.doi.org/10.15386/mpr-1470 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Bhardwaj, Minakshi
Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
title Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
title_full Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
title_fullStr Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
title_full_unstemmed Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
title_short Pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
title_sort pure yolk sac tumor of testis with lung metastasis in an adult patient - case report
topic Case Report: Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8118221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34013198
http://dx.doi.org/10.15386/mpr-1470
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