Intrapericardial yolk sac tumor in an infant girl
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19871001)60:7<1567::aid-cncr2820600726>3.0.co;2-a