Pericardial Yolk Sac Tumor

MedGen UID:: 1643837
•Concept ID:: C4687705
•: Neoplastic Process

Definition

A yolk sac tumor that arises within the pericardium. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVPericardial Yolk Sac Tumor

Neoplasm
- Neoplasm by Morphology
  - Germ cell tumor
    - Extragonadal germ cell tumor
      - Extragonadal germ cell cancer
        Malignant Pericardial Germ Cell Tumor
        Pericardial Yolk Sac Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Primary and secondary tumors of childhood involving the heart, pericardium, and great vessels. A report of 75 cases and review of the literature.

Chan HS, Sonley MJ, Moës CA, Daneman A, Smith CR, Martin DJ
Cancer 1985 Aug 15;56(4):825-36. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19850815)56:4<825::aid-cncr2820560421>3.0.co;2-7. PMID: 4016674

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Diagnosis

Subxiphoid robot-assisted complete resection for postchemotherapy primary mediastinal yolk sac tumour.

Fukushima Y, Shirahashi K, Komuro H, Miyamoto Y, Matsumoto M, Yamamoto H, Ishikawa N, Iwata H
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2024 Aug 28;2024 doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2023.103. PMID: 39193722

Yolk Sac Tumor in the Anterior Mediastinum Presenting as Acute Pericarditis.

Aroshidze B, Boyapati L, Pokhrel A, Gotlieb V, Khan A, Erdinc B, Cheema MA
Am J Case Rep 2022 Jan 25;23:e932616. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.932616. PMID: 35077441 Free PMC Article

Primitive intrapericardial teratoma associated with yolk sac tumour.

Cetrano E, Polito A, Carotti A
Cardiol Young 2015 Jan;25(1):158-60. Epub 2014 Jan 21 doi: 10.1017/S1047951113002187. PMID: 24447774

Primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor in a 66-year-old woman.

Coskun U, Günel N, Yildirim Y, Memis L, Boyacioglu ZM
Med Princ Pract 2002 Oct-Dec;11(4):218-20. doi: 10.1159/000065812. PMID: 12424419

Endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor in infants and children. A clinical and pathologic study: an 11 year review.

Shebib S, Sabbah RS, Sackey K, Akhtar M, Aur RJ
Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1989 Spring;11(1):36-9. doi: 10.1097/00043426-198921000-00009. PMID: 2712240

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Therapy

In vivo safety evaluation of antibacterial silver chloride nanoparticles from Streptomyces exfoliatus ICN25 in zebrafish embryos.

Iniyan AM, Kannan RR, Joseph FRS, Mary TRJ, Rajasekar M, Sumy PC, Rabel AM, Ramachandran D, Vincent SGP
Microb Pathog 2017 Nov;112:76-82. Epub 2017 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.07.054. PMID: 28943148

Stage IV malignant intrapericardial germ cell tumor: a case report.

Bath LE, Walayat M, Mankad P, Godman MJ, Wallace WH
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997 Sep-Oct;14(5):451-5. doi: 10.3109/08880019709028775. PMID: 9267877

Endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor in infants and children. A clinical and pathologic study: an 11 year review.

Shebib S, Sabbah RS, Sackey K, Akhtar M, Aur RJ
Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1989 Spring;11(1):36-9. doi: 10.1097/00043426-198921000-00009. PMID: 2712240

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Prognosis

Yolk Sac Tumor in the Anterior Mediastinum Presenting as Acute Pericarditis.

Aroshidze B, Boyapati L, Pokhrel A, Gotlieb V, Khan A, Erdinc B, Cheema MA
Am J Case Rep 2022 Jan 25;23:e932616. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.932616. PMID: 35077441 Free PMC Article

Primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor in a 66-year-old woman.

Coskun U, Günel N, Yildirim Y, Memis L, Boyacioglu ZM
Med Princ Pract 2002 Oct-Dec;11(4):218-20. doi: 10.1159/000065812. PMID: 12424419

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