An Extremely Rare Case of a Primary Pancreatic Yolk Sac Tumor.
extragonadal germ cell tumor
germ cell tumor
pancreas
pancreatic tumor
yolk sac tumor
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
accepted:
16
06
2022
entrez:
21
7
2022
pubmed:
22
7
2022
medline:
22
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Yolk sac tumor (YST) is a rare malignant type of germ cell tumor (GCT). Extragonadal yolk sac tumor is a very rare entity. We report the case of a 33-year-old male with a pancreatic mass, which proved to be a primary yolk sac tumor, arising in the pancreas.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35859959
doi: 10.7759/cureus.26007
pmc: PMC9288229
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e26007Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Galanis et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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