A rare germ-cell tumor site: Vaginal endodermal sinus tumor

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 521-523

  Arora, M ^a,b   Shrivastav, R K ^a   Jaiprakash, M P ^a  

^a Eastern Command Hospital   (India)

^b Opp Race Course ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Pediatric germ cell tumor; Rare site; Treatment protocol; Vaginal endodermal sinus tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA TUMOR; VAGINECTOMY; YOLK SAC TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036728340     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0736-0     Document Type: Article

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