Germ Cell Ovarian Tumor Comprises of Yolk Sac Tumor, Embryonal Carcinoma and Immature Teratoma: A Case Report
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VOLUME: 11 ISSUE: 4
P: 185 - 189
December 2010

Germ Cell Ovarian Tumor Comprises of Yolk Sac Tumor, Embryonal Carcinoma and Immature Teratoma: A Case Report

İstanbul Med J 2010;11(4):185-189
1. İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Kliniği, İstanbul
2. Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı, Tekirdağ
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ABSTRACT

A 21-year-old patient, complaining abdominal pain and abdominal mass admitted to the clinic. Abdominal ultrasound examination revealed a solid, smooth shaped central mass, 12x12 cm in diameter. MRI confirmed the left ovarian lesion. Patients blood AFP value was 702. A laparotomy was performed and a left ovarian 12x12cm in diameter solid mass was seen. Left salpingo oophorectomy was performed. According to the pathologic examination, the constituent were; yolk sac tumor 90%, embryonal carcinoma 5%, immature teratoma 5%. Patient received chemotherapy consisting bleomisin, etoposid, cisplatin (BEP protocol) postoperatively. New treatment approaches for these agressive tumors are needed.

Keywords:
Embryonal carcinoma, mixed germ cell ovarian tumor, immature teratoma, yolk sac tumor