Difference between revisions of "Yolk sac tumour"

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===IHC===
===IHC===
*AFP +ve.
*Alpha-fetoprotein (abbreviated AFP) +ve.
*Glypican 3 +ve.
*Glypican 3 +ve.
**More sensitive than AFP.<ref name=pmid20438407>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Emerson | first1 = RE. | last2 = Ulbright | first2 = TM. | title = Intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the testis and its associated cancers: the use of novel biomarkers. | journal = Pathology | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 344-55 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00313021003767355 | PMID = 20438407 }}</ref>
**More sensitive than AFP.<ref name=pmid20438407>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Emerson | first1 = RE. | last2 = Ulbright | first2 = TM. | title = Intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the testis and its associated cancers: the use of novel biomarkers. | journal = Pathology | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 344-55 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00313021003767355 | PMID = 20438407 }}</ref>
*Alpha-1 antitrypsin +ve (abbreviated A1A).<ref name=pmid89123>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Beilby | first1 = JO. | last2 = Horne | first2 = CH. | last3 = Milne | first3 = GD. | last4 = Parkinson | first4 = C. | title = Alpha-fetoprotein, alpha-1-antitrypsin, and transferrin in gonadal yolk-sac tumours. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 455-61 | month = May | year = 1979 | doi =  | PMID = 89123 }}</ref>
*Alpha-1-antitrypsin +ve (abbreviated A1A).<ref name=pmid89123>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Beilby | first1 = JO. | last2 = Horne | first2 = CH. | last3 = Milne | first3 = GD. | last4 = Parkinson | first4 = C. | title = Alpha-fetoprotein, alpha-1-antitrypsin, and transferrin in gonadal yolk-sac tumours. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 455-61 | month = May | year = 1979 | doi =  | PMID = 89123 }}</ref>
*Cytokeratin +ve.{{fact}}
*Cytokeratin +ve.{{fact}}


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