Case report

One case report of primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor

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  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

Online published: 2011-02-01

Abstract

Primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor, which is highly malignant, is rarely occurred. The clinical manifestations, surgical procedures, histopathologic characteristics and prognosis of one case of primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor are reported in this paper. It is indicated that adequate extensive resection and adjuvant chemotherapy may increase the survival rate.

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FU Yu-jie, LIANG Er-kang, SUN Zhi-yong, et al . One case report of primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2011 , 31(1) : 122 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2011.01.029

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