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01-05-2009 | Case Report

Acute abdomen secondary to rare yolk sac tumour

Authors: Hooman Soleymani Majd, Sally Ann Turner, Kiyoshi Choji, Khin Lwin, Christopher B-Lynch

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 5/2009

Abstract

A 36-year-old woman presented unwell, with abdominal pain. A pelvic mass was found and being investigated but when she deteriorated and became peritonitic. An emergency laparotomy was performed and she required a pelvic clearance for a Stage IIB ovarian tumour, later confirmed as a yolk sac tumour. Accurate staging and tumour-reductive surgery strongly affects the prognosis of yolk sac tumours. Thus ability to perform a meticulous surgical clearance may well positively impact on the outcome for these young patients. This case describes the challenges that generalists will be faced with when highly suspicious cancer patients present as an emergency.

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Title: Acute abdomen secondary to rare yolk sac tumour
Authors: Hooman Soleymani Majd
Sally Ann Turner
Kiyoshi Choji
Khin Lwin
Christopher B-Lynch
Publication date: 01-05-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-008-0796-z

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