Primary prostatic endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) combined with a small focal seminoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-559

  Han, Guiping ^a   Miura, Katsutoshi ^a   Takayama, Tatsuya ^a   Tsutsui, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endodermal sinus tumor; Prostate neoplasm; Seminoma; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MITOMYCIN C; PEPLEOMYCIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SEMINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037379514     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200304000-00018     Document Type: Article

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