Extragonadal yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) presenting with biliary tract obstruction in a woman

Primary Extragonadal Retroperitoneal Pure Yolk Sac Tumor

Primary germ cell tumors of extragonadal origin are rare and exact incidence of this type cancer is unknown. They have been estimated to represent 3-5% of all adult germ cell malignancies (1). The origin of primary extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGGCT) is still a matter of debate. According to widely accepted theory, during embryogenesis, germ cells are misplaced anywhere at the midline. The me...

YOLK 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...

Extragonadal yolk sac tumor outside of the midline of the body: a case report of a child with a yolk sac tumor of the pontocerebellar angle.

Yolk sac tumor is a rare germ cell neoplasm occurring mainly in the gonads. Extragonadal yolk sac tumor is a very rare malignancy; its main distribution is along the midline of the body at three principal sites: mediastinum, central nervous system and retroperitoneum. Most yolk sac tumors are diagnosed between seven months and three years of age. We report a case of primary yolk sac tumor in a ...

Radiology of primary intracranial yolk-sac (endodermal sinus) tumors.

Most primary intracranial germ-cell tumors are germinomas and teratomas. Less frequent are embryonal carcinomas, choriocarcinomas, and yolk-sac (endodermal sinus) tumors in various admixtures and degrees of purity. Teilum [1] first used the term endodermal sinus tumor in 1959 to describe those tumors (whether ovarian, testicular, or extragonadal) that originate in primitive germ cells of extrae...

Retroperitoneal extragonadal endodermal sinus tumor with bilateral diffuse classic testicular microlithiasis.