Primary endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor of the liver.First reported case
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197505)35:5<1453::aid-cncr2820350533>3.0.co;2-u