Psudomeigs syndrome : An unusual presentation of yolk sac tumour

Post-menopausal presentation of yolk sac germ cell tumour

•Yolk sac germ cell tumours are rare in post-menopausal patients.•Most involve mixed yolk sac tumours•Consider diagnosis in patients with a pelvic-abdominal mass and raised AFP.

Yolk sac tumour of the cryptorchid testis, with an unusual presentation - diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.

Yolk sac tumour is the most common germ cell tumour in infants and children, with a majority of them arising in the gonads. Rare cases of extra - gonadal germ cell tumours have been described in the literature. We are presenting here, a case of a yolk sac tumour of the cryptorchid testis in a 2 year old child, who initially presented with a mass in the left lobe of the liver, with huge ascites ...

Yolk Sac Tumour of the Cryptorchid Testis, with an Unusual Presentation — Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Yolk sac tumour of the anterior mediastinum.

Two cases of yolk sac tumour involving the anterior mediastinum in two young Chinese males are described. The tumour in both patients could only be partially debulked, and they died within a few months despite multiple chemotherapy. The importance of early diagnosis, radical surgery and aggressive combination chemotherapy in prolonging the period of survival of such patients is emphasized. Seru...

Mediastinal yolk sac tumour mimicking pericardial effusion.

In this report we present a case ofprimary yolk sac tumour of the anterior mediastinum in which two dimensional echocardiography showed an extracardiac mass simulating a large pericardial effusion. Mediastinal yolk sac tumour is a rare germ cell neoplasm affecting mainly young men.' The most common presenting symptoms are dyspnoea, cough, and chest pain.2 The prognosis is usually poor, though i...