First case of endometrial cancer after yolk sac tumor in a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2023 Background Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant disease with high penetrance caused by a germline variant of TP53 gene. We report the first case of endometrial cancer after yolk sac tumor with LFS.
Qiu-Lin Ye +5 more
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A rare case of brain metastatic of primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Primary yolk sac tumors are extragonadal germ cell tumors commonly seen in children and young adults. They are more common in men. Germ cells tumor on histopathological characteristics is classified as seminoma and non-seminomatous (NSGC).
Cindy Cecilia, MD +2 more
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Extragonadal Pelvic Yolk Sac Tumor in a Postpubertal Patient: Case Report With Radiologic Correlation and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsYolk sac tumor, also referred to as endodermal sinus tumor, is an aggressive malignant germ cell neoplasm that most commonly originates in the gonad.
Saurav Jha +3 more
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Fertility preserving, uterine sparing approach to a uterine extragonadal yolk sac tumor [PDF]
Gynecologic Oncology ReportsObjectives: Treatment of a uterine extragonadal yolk sac tumor (EGYST) typically requires hysterectomy. Fertility preserving strategies are essential for young women who have not yet met their reproductive goals.
Michelle Greenman +4 more
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Diagnostic Pathology, 2022 Background Yolk sac tumor (YST) is a germ cell tumor. It is primarily located in the gonads but can also occur extragonadally (extragonadal yolk sac tumor - EGYST), most commonly in the pelvis, retroperitoneum or mediastinum.
Vladimír Šámal +4 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 We present a case of primary yolk sac tumor of the endometrium. This rare tumor occurred in a 43-year-old woman with a pure primary yolk sac tumor. The tumor resembled yolk sac tumor morphology of the ovary.
Huijuan Ge, Rui Bi
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Chorioallantoic membrane assay as model for angiogenesis in tissue engineering : focus on stem cells [PDF]
, 2020 Tissue engineering aims to structurally and functionally regenerate damaged tissues, which requires the formation of new blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients by the process of angiogenesis.
Bronckaers, Annelies +6 more
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The zebrafish xenograft platform-A novel tool for modeling KSHV-associated diseases [PDF]
, 2019 Kaposi\u27s sarcoma associated-herpesvirus (KSHV, also known as human herpesvirus-8) is a gammaherpesvirus that establishes life-long infection in human B lymphocytes.
Berman, Jason N +12 more
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Yolk sac tumor of cryptorchid testis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
Journal of Cytology, 2015 Yolk sac tumor is the most common germ cell tumor in infants and children. Majority of them arise in the gonads. Yolk sac tumor of undescended testis has been rarely diagnosed.
Monisha Choudhury +3 more
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PRDM14 is expressed in germ cell tumors with constitutive overexpression altering human germline differentiation and proliferation. [PDF]
, 2018 Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of tumors occurring in gonadal and extragonadal locations. GCTs are hypothesized to arise from primordial germ cells (PGCs), which fail to differentiate.
Chen, Di +4 more
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