Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review

Eddaoualline H, Sami H, Rais H, Belbaraka R, El Omrani A and Khouchani M

Department of Radiation Oncology, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Department of Pathology, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Department of Medical Oncology, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco

^*Correspondance to: Eddaoualline H 

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Abstract:

Yolk sac tumor, also called endodermal sinus tumor, is a rare ovarian neoplasm, representing the second ovarian germinal neoplasm subtype after dysgerminoma, it classically occurs in adolescent and young women. We report the case of a 24 years old woman treated in the Department of Radiation Oncology Mohammed VI university hospital of Marrakech, the tumor was revealed by a rapid clinical evolution involving: pelvic distension, intermittent and moderate pelvic pain, without menstrual cycle disorder nor altered general state, the patient had undergone a fertility-sparing surgery, Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP) blood level was 1,119 mg/ml at day 40 after surgery (vs. 52.330 mg/ml before surgery), the young woman had received 4 BEP cycles, normalization of AFP was obtained within 5 weeks after beginning chemotherapy, after 15 months of follow-up the young woman is still in remission.

Keywords:

Yolk sac; Tumor-endodermal; Sinus; Tumor-ovary

Cite the Article:

Eddaoualline H, Sami H, Rais H, Belbaraka R, El Omrani A, Khouchani M. Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review. Clin Case Rep Int. 2018; 2: 1057.