creators_name: Jagtap, SV creators_name: Nikumbh, DB creators_name: Kshirsagar, AY creators_id: drdhirajnikumbh@rediffmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:07:45 lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:07:45 metadata_visibility: show title: Adult Pure Yolk Sac Tumor of The Testis. ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Yolk sac tumor (YST); Testis; Adult abstract: Adult pure yolk sac tumor (YST) is extremely rare. In childhood pure yolk sac tumors are most frequently seen, whereas component of mixed germ cell testicular tumors observed in adults. They have different biological behavior than the childhood tumors. We herein report a case of adult pure yolk sac tumor of left testis in 40 years old man. Until now limited number of the cases has been reported in the literature. date: 2012-10-25 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 11 number: 3(7) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Davis CJ, Sesterhenn IA. Pathology of germ cell tumors of the testis. Cancer Control. 2004;11(6):374-379. 2. Kaplan GW, Cromie WC, Kelalis PP, et al. Prepubertal yolk sac testicular tumors: report of the testicular tumor registry. J Urol.1988;140:1109-1112. 3. Medica M, Germinate F, Giglio M, Stubinski R, Campodonico F, Raggio M, Carmignani G. Adult testicular pure yolk sac tumor. Urol Int. 2001;67:94-96. 4. Mumtaz D, Melih S, Mehmet B, Levent E, Elif O, Demokan E. Pure yolk sac tumor in an adult patient: case report. Turkish Journal of Urology. 2010;36(03):322. 5. Woodward PJ, Mostofi FK, Talerman A et al. Germ cell tumors. In Eble JN, Sauter G, Epstein JI, Sesterhenn IA(edi). WHO classification of tumors. Pathology & Genetics. Tumors of the Urinary system and Male Genital Organs. IARC Press, Lyon, 2004:237-240. 6. Teilum G. Endodermal sinus tumors of the ovary and testis: comparative morphogenesis of the so-called mesonephroma ovarii (schiller) and extraembryonic (yolk sac-allantoic) structures of the rat placenta. Cancer. 1959;12:1092-1105. 7. Raina V, Singh SP, Kamble N, Tanwar R, Rao K, Dawar R, Rath GK. Brain metastasis as the site of relapse in germ cell tumor of testis. Cancer. 1993;72:2182-2185. 8. Hashimoto Y, Iwase Y, Mogami T, Hayashi Y, Sasaki S, Kato M et al. A case of adult pure yolk sac tumor of the testis achieving pathological complete response by chemotherapy. Hinyokika Kiyo. 1995;41(10):813-816. citation: Jagtap, SV and Nikumbh, DB and Kshirsagar, AY (2012) Adult Pure Yolk Sac Tumor of The Testis. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/8917/1/2012-3-7.pdf