Primary retroperitoneal pure yolk-sac tumor in an adult male.
Pure extragonadal tumors are rare in adult males. A 24-year-old male with an extremely high level of serum alpha-fetoprotein (32.795 ng/ml) was diagnosed by abdominal computed tomography as having a retroperitoneal tumor. A case of primary retroperitoneal pure yolk-sac tumor in an adult male is described.
Wada
S
S
Department of Urology, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshimura
R
R
Nishisaka
N
N
Kishimoto
T
T
Ikehara
T
T
Masuda
C
C
Yamamoto
S
S
D000328:Adult; D018240:Endodermal Sinus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*