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Sellar Yolk Sac Tumor

MedGen UID:: 1669021
•Concept ID:: C4744388
•: Neoplastic Process

Synonym:

Yolk Sac Tumor of the Sellar Region

Definition

A yolk sac tumor that arises from or adjacent to the sellar region. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVSellar Yolk Sac Tumor

Neoplasm by Morphology
- Germ cell tumor
  - Extragonadal germ cell tumor
    - Central nervous system germ cell tumor
      - Malignant Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor
        Malignant Intracranial Germ Cell Tumor
        Sellar Yolk Sac Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a 24-years experience.

Gao Y, Jiang J, Liu Q
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014;7(10):6965-72. Epub 2014 Sep 15 PMID: 25400782 Free PMC Article

Transsphenoidal approaches for the extracapsular resection of midline suprasellar and anterior cranial base lesions.

Kaptain GJ, Vincent DA, Sheehan JP, Laws ER Jr
Neurosurgery 2001 Jul;49(1):94-100; discussion 100-1. PMID: 11440465

Diagnosis

Teratoma of the Sellar Region: a Case Report.

Saeger W, Ebrahimi A, Beschorner R, Spital H, Honegger J, Wilczak W
Endocr Pathol 2017 Dec;28(4):315-319. doi: 10.1007/s12022-016-9465-0. PMID: 28102527

Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a 24-years experience.

Gao Y, Jiang J, Liu Q
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014;7(10):6965-72. Epub 2014 Sep 15 PMID: 25400782 Free PMC Article

Transsphenoidal approaches for the extracapsular resection of midline suprasellar and anterior cranial base lesions.

Kaptain GJ, Vincent DA, Sheehan JP, Laws ER Jr
Neurosurgery 2001 Jul;49(1):94-100; discussion 100-1. PMID: 11440465

Prognosis

Teratoma of the Sellar Region: a Case Report.

Saeger W, Ebrahimi A, Beschorner R, Spital H, Honegger J, Wilczak W
Endocr Pathol 2017 Dec;28(4):315-319. doi: 10.1007/s12022-016-9465-0. PMID: 28102527

Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a 24-years experience.

Gao Y, Jiang J, Liu Q
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014;7(10):6965-72. Epub 2014 Sep 15 PMID: 25400782 Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a 24-years experience.

Gao Y, Jiang J, Liu Q
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014;7(10):6965-72. Epub 2014 Sep 15 PMID: 25400782 Free PMC Article

Transsphenoidal approaches for the extracapsular resection of midline suprasellar and anterior cranial base lesions.

Kaptain GJ, Vincent DA, Sheehan JP, Laws ER Jr
Neurosurgery 2001 Jul;49(1):94-100; discussion 100-1. PMID: 11440465

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