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
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

e26007

Informations 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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Auteurs

Ilias Galanis (I)

2nd Department of Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Georgios Floros (G)

2nd Department of Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Magdalini Simou (M)

2nd Department of Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Georgios Kyriakopoulos (G)

Department of Pathology, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Georgios Stylianidis (G)

2nd Department of Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

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