PRIMARY INTRACARDIAC YOLK-SAC TUMOR

Authors
PARVATHY U BALAKRISHNAN KR RANJIT MS KURUVILLA S RAO KR
Citation
U. Parvathy et al., PRIMARY INTRACARDIAC YOLK-SAC TUMOR, Pediatric cardiology, 19(6), 1998, pp. 495-497
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01720643
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
495 - 497
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-0643(1998)19:6<495:PIYT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A 2-year-old male child presented with fever, complete heart block, an d congestive cardiac failure. Echocardiography showed a dumbbell-shape d mass in the right ventricle and right atrium. He was operated on wit h a provisional diagnosis of rhabdomyoma. Histopathology and immunohis tochemistry of the resected tumor revealed a malignant germ cell tumor with predominant yolk sac differentiation.