1.Gastric Yolk Sac Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Yeon Soo KIM ; Seok Hyun KIM ; Jae Koo SEONG ; Byung Seok LEE ; Hyun Yong JEONG ; Kyu Sang SONG
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 2009;24(2):143-146
Gastric yolk sac tumors are extremely rare and their prognosis is poor; most patients have widespread metastases at the time of diagnosis. The treatment of gastric yolk sac tumors consists of aggressive chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy and surgery. Here, we first report a case of gastric yolk sac tumor presenting as an early gastric cancer that was cured after a gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy.
Biopsy
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Endodermal Sinus Tumor/blood/*pathology/surgery
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Gastrectomy
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Gastroscopy
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Humans
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Immunohistochemistry
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Lymph Node Excision
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Stomach Neoplasms/blood/*pathology/surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
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alpha-Fetoproteins/analysis