Testicular yolk sac tumor in an eight-month old child: A case report
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1Department of Urology, Gulf Medical College Hospital & Research Center, 2Dept. of Pathology, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE. Correspondence: Dr. Ihsan Ullah Khan, Department of Urology, Gulf Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Ajman, UAE. email: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Testicular tumors are rare in children, but highly treatable and usually curable. In children testicular tumors account for approximately 1 to 2% of all tumors, with an incidence of 0.05-2 per 100, 000 children. Among testicular tumors germ cell tumors have a bimodal age distribution. One peak occurs in the first two years of life and the second in young adults 15-35 years of age. Pediatric testicular tumors are dramatically different from adult neoplasms. Germ cell tumors account for 60% testicular tumors in children, but 95% of testicular tumors in adults. Adult germ cell tumors like seminoma and embryonal carcinoma are rare in children. Teratoma which are benign in children are often malignant in adults. This is the first case of testicular cancer, yolk sac tumor, in an eight-month old child in the author’s 27 years of experience in urology. CASE REPORT
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