Cardiac metastasis from yolk sac tumor: case report and review
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Cardiac metastasis from yolk sac tumor: case report and review
Cardiac metastasis of germ cell tumors is extremely rare, particularly in females. We report a case of a 26-year-old previously healthy woman who presented with a 5-month history of abdominal pain, weight loss, fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, and acanthosis nigricans. Biopsy of cervical lymph nodes revealed a poorly differentiated neoplasm. Immunohistochemical staining was positive for alph...
متن کاملHepatoid Variant of Yolk Sac Tumor of Both Ovaries With Widespread Intra-abdominal and Lung Metastasis: A Case Report
Hepatoid variant of yolk sac tumor of ovary is an unusual tumor with an aggressive behavior. It is usually observed in young females, presents with abdominal complaints and is associated with raised α-fetoprotein (AFP) levels. It should be differentiated from other hepatoid tumors involving the ovary. A complete patient evaluation with gross, microscopy, and immunohistochemistry can identify th...
متن کاملGastric Adenocarcinoma with Yolk Sac Tumor Differentiation and Liver Metastasis of Yolk Sac Tumor Component
Gastric adenocarcinoma with yolk sac tumor (YST) differentiation has rarely been reported. We report a case of primary gastric adenocarcinoma with yolk sac tumor differentiation and liver metastases of the YST component in a 50-years-old patient. This was suspected due to high serum level of alpha fetoprotein in the presence of a gastric fundal tumor. Gastric carcinoma with yolk sac tumor compo...
متن کاملEndometrial Yolk Sac Tumor with Omental Metastasis
To the Editor: A 38‐year‐old woman presented at our hospital with a complaint of hypermenorrhea lasting 2 months. No symptoms were found by bimanual examination, and vaginal ultrasound showed endometrial thickness of 4 mm. Diagnostic curettage strongly suggested clear‐cell adenocarcinoma. Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis showed an intact endometrial binding zone with no extrauterine inf...
متن کاملYOLK SAC TUMOR OF VAGINA
Malignant germ-cell tumors (MGCT) are rare tumors of childhood accounting for less than 3% of pediatric malignancies. Endodermal sinus tumor (EST) forms the most common histologic subtype of MGCT. The vagina is an extremely rare site for GCTs. An 8-month-old female was admitted with a short history of vaginal bleeding, and a mass protruding from the vagina. She was pale and a mass was palpab...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Hematology & Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2162-3619
DOI: 10.1186/2162-3619-2-13