Endodermal sinus tumor of the vagina in children

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-381

  Lopes, Luiz Fernando ^a   Chazan, Ricardo ^a   Sredni, Simone Treigeir ^a   De Camargo, Beatriz ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Gynecologic oncology; Theilum tumor; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344417915     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199905)32:5<377::AID-MPO12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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