Mediastinal yolk sac tumor in a young girl: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1318-1321

  Uchiyama, Masanori ^a,b   Iwafuchi, Makoto ^a   Matsuda, Yukio ^a   Naitoh, Masafumi ^a   Yagi, Minoru ^a   Yamato, Yasushi ^a  

^a School of Medicine ^*

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endodermal sinus tumor; mediastinal teratoma; PVB chemotherapy; yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0029830920     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90264-X     Document Type: Article

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