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Pure Yolk Sac Testicular Tumour in an Adult: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Fonseka, Thomas R; Adewole, Charles; Mele, Teresa; Goyal, Anuj; Lee, Wai Gin; (2024) Pure Yolk Sac Testicular Tumour in an Adult: A Diagnostic Dilemma. Cureus , 16 (11) , Article e74332. 10.7759/cureus.74332. Green open access

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Abstract

A rare case of a pure yolk sac testicular tumour presenting in an adult with learning difficulties is presented. Pure yolk sac tumours are much more common in children, but when they do occur in adults, onset can be both insidious and aggressive. The best practice for identification involves the precise use of ultrasound, blood tests for tumour markers and FDG-PET/CT imaging for staging. Dual-phase treatment in the form of radical inguinal orchidectomy performed expediently followed by chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment in advanced cases.

Type: Article
Title: Pure Yolk Sac Testicular Tumour in an Adult: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.74332
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.74332
Language: English
Additional information: © Copyright 2024 Fonseka et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CCBY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Surgical Biotechnology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10204685
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