Difficulty in Diagnosing Peritoneal Fluid Cytology in Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor Cases
Andalas Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal, 2021 Objective : This article objective is to describe cytology diagnosis difficulties of yolk sac tumors of the ovary. Method : Case reports and literature review.
Haris Pemuda +4 more
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Optimization of macromolecular prodrugs of the antitumor antibiotic adriamycin [PDF]
, 1985 In our earlier work [10] on aminoribosyl-bound prodrugs of adriamycin (ADR) using poly(α-l-glutamic acid) (PGA) grafted in high yield (90–100 mol.%) with various peptide spacers as a plasma-soluble macromolecular carrier we observed rather low cytotoxic ...
Feijen, J. +6 more
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Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2013 Gastric adenocarcinoma with yolk sac tumor (YST) differentiation has rarely been reported. We report a case of primary gastric adenocarcinoma with yolk sac tumor differentiation and liver metastases of the YST component in a 50-years-old patient.
Chhagan Bihari +4 more
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An unusual cause of gynaecomastia in a male [PDF]
, 2019 Summary: Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (βhCG) is normally produced by syncytiotrophoblasts of the placenta during pregnancy and aids embryo implantation.
Bano, G +4 more
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A case of ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma with yolk sac differentiation and Lynch syndrome
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2019 Ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma with yolk sac component has been reported in fewer than twenty cases in the literature. A majority of the diagnoses are described in postmenopausal women without specific reference to germline genetic testing.
Janhvi Sookram +5 more
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ZBTB16 is a sensitive and specific marker in detection of metastatic and extragonadal yolk sac tumour [PDF]
, 2017 Aims Accurate histological diagnosis and classification of germ cell tumours (GCTs) is key to informing successful therapeutic and surveillance strategy. The modern therapeutic approach for yolk sac tumour (YST) is highly curative.
Aron, Manju +5 more
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Mixed Germ Cell Tumor with Extensive Yolk Sac Tumor Elements in the Frontal Lobe of an Adult
Case Reports in Surgery, 2012 Intracranial nongerminomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCTs) in unusual locations are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of a yolk sac tumor in the frontal lobe in a middle-aged patient.
Toshihide Takahashi +6 more
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A common founding clone with TP53 and PTEN mutations gives rise to a concurrent germ cell tumor and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia [PDF]
, 2016 We report the findings from a patient who presented with a concurrent mediastinal germ cell tumor (GCT) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Bone marrow pathology was consistent with a diagnosis of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AML M7), and biopsy of an ...
Demeter, Ryan T +12 more
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Role of vitamin A/retinoic acid in regulation of embryonic and adult hematopoiesis [PDF]
, 2017 Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient throughout life. Its physiologically active metabolite retinoic acid (RA), acting through nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs), is a potent regulator of patterning during embryonic development, as well as being ...
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Primary pulmonary yolk sac tumor: A case report
Current Problems in Cancer: Case ReportsA primary yolk sac tumor of the lung is an extremely rare type of extragonadal germ cell tumor that originates in the lung parenchyma. We report a case of a large pulmonary yolk sac tumor in the right lower lobe with brain metastasis, treated with ...
Atif Saleem Siddiqui
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