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Maha Arafah1, Shaesta N Zaidi.
Abstract
We report a case of a vaginal yolk sac tumor in a 5-month-old female infant who presented with short history of bleeding per vagina. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass occupying most of the vagina that had lobulated outlines and heterogeneous echo texture. The serum alpha-fetoprotein was elevated, and a biopsy revealed a vaginal yolk sac tumor. The patient was given six cycles of chemotherapy and continues to be disease-free on follow up. To preserve sexual and reproductive function, we encourage consideration of chemotherapy as a sole modality to treat this rare tumor.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22228386 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2209-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Gynecol Obstet ISSN: 0932-0067 Impact factor: 2.344