An Unusual Successfully Treated Case of Pulmonary Yolk Sac Tumor

Chih Hao Chen; Tze Chien Chen; Wen Chien Huang; Tung Ying Chen; Hung Chang Liu

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.030

An Unusual Successfully Treated Case of Pulmonary Yolk Sac Tumor

Chih Hao Chen, Tze Chien Chen, Wen Chien Huang^*, Tung Ying Chen, Hung Chang Liu

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Mackay Memorial Hospital Taiwan

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Abstract

Extragonadal germ cell tumors are relatively rare, particularly malignant yolk sac tumors arising in the lung parenchyma. We report a case of a huge malignant yolk sac tumor in the right middle lobe. The patient was successfully treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by complete resection of the tumor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	656-658
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	85
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.030
State	Published - 02 2008
Externally published	Yes

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