Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report

• Yolk sac tumors are quite rare in post-menopausal women. • Yolk sac tumors with endometrial primary origin also may present with abnormal uterine bleeding. • Patients with unclear abdominal symptoms, mass on imaging, and positive tumor markers raises suspicion of yolk sac tumor.

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Autores principales: Short, R., Greenwade, M., Bonebrake, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35832044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2022.101038
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spelling pubmed-92723452022-07-12 Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report Short, R. Greenwade, M. Bonebrake, A. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Yolk sac tumors are quite rare in post-menopausal women. • Yolk sac tumors with endometrial primary origin also may present with abnormal uterine bleeding. • Patients with unclear abdominal symptoms, mass on imaging, and positive tumor markers raises suspicion of yolk sac tumor. Elsevier 2022-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9272345/ /pubmed/35832044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2022.101038 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report
title Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report
title_full Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report
title_fullStr Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report
title_short Yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: A case report
title_sort yolk sac tumor presenting as a colonic mass in a post-menopausal woman: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35832044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2022.101038
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