Pulmonary pure yolk-sac tumor. A rare anatomopathological entity

Arch Bronconeumol. 2011 Mar;47(3):157-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2010.03.007. Epub 2010 May 7.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

The most frequent location for non-metastatic germ cell tumors is the anterior mediastinum. Primary lung germ cell tumors are an exception in medical literature being limited to just a few cases of choriocarcinomas and rare cases of yolk-sac tumors. In this paper, we report a case of a pulmonary yolk-sac tumor with atypical characteristic as regards its diagnosis and treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / chemistry
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / diagnosis
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / epidemiology
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / pathology*
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / surgery
  • Facial Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Lung Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Rectal Neoplasms
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Thoracotomy

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor