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==Yolk sac tumour==
==Yolk sac tumour==
*Abbreviated ''YST''.
*[[AKA]] ''endodermal sinus tumour''.
===General===
===General===
*Tumour also known as ''endodermal sinus tumour''.
*Rare.
*Aggressive - especially extragonadal tumours.<ref name=pmid18767035>


====Epidemiology====
Epidemiology:
*Most common GCT in infants and young boys.
*Most common GCT in infants and young boys.
*Bimodal age distribution:<ref name=pmid18767035>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shah | first1 = JP. | last2 = Kumar | first2 = S. | last3 = Bryant | first3 = CS. | last4 = Ali-Fehmi | first4 = R. | last5 = Malone | first5 = JM. | last6 = Deppe | first6 = G. | last7 = Morris | first7 = RT. | title = A population-based analysis of 788 cases of yolk sac tumors: A comparison of males and females. | journal = Int J Cancer | volume = 123 | issue = 11 | pages = 2671-5 | month = Dec | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1002/ijc.23792 | PMID = 18767035 }}</ref>
**<4 years.
**10-30 years.
Clinical:
*Elevated AFP.
===Gross===
*White/yellow mucinous infiltrative mass.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_510>{{Ref PCPBoD8|510}}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=6&Case=34 Hyaline globules (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=6&Case=34 Hyaline globules (webpathology.com)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case152.html Yolk sac tumour - case 1 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case152.html Yolk sac tumour - case 1 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case492.html Yolk sca tumour - case 2 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case492.html Yolk sac tumour - case 2 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://www.moffitt.org/CCJRoot/v11n6/pdf/374.pdf Yolk sac tumour (moffitt.org)].<ref name=pmid15625525>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sesterhenn | first1 = IA. | last2 = Davis | first2 = CJ. | title = Pathology of germ cell tumors of the testis. | journal = Cancer Control | volume = 11 | issue = 6 | pages = 374-87 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15625525 }}</ref>


===IHC===
===IHC===
48,835

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