The incidence of yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) elements was studied in 147 germ cell neoplasms of the testis in adults observed over a 4 1/2-year period. Excluding 79 cases of pure seminoma, yolk sac tumor elements were found in 26 (38%) of 68 tumors; in 8 tumors the yolk sac tumor was the
Yolk SAC tumor associated with seminoma of the testis in adults
โ Scribed by A. Talerman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 780 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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