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Combined yolk sac tumor and adenocarcinoma in a gastric stump: molecular evidence of clonality.
Cancer - 1 May 1999
Puglisi F, Damante G, Pizzolitto S, Mariuzzi L, Guerra S, Pellizzari L, Binotto F, Beltrami C A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Extragonadal yolk sac tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are extremely rare neoplasms. Their greater rarity compared with other extragonadal yolk sac tumors suggests that different pathogenetic mechanisms could be involved according to the site of origin. This report describes a case of a combined yolk sac tumor and adenocarcinoma that arose in a gastric stump in a man age 61 years 43 years after he...
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