Here we describe the clinical, ultrasonographic and histological features o
f a rare pure adult yolk sac tumor detected in the right testis of a 44-yea
r-old male. Due to the rarity of this neoplasm (less than 10 cases have bee
n reported), there is no unanimous consensus for therapy following inguinal
orchiectomy. We believe that nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node diss
ection could be potentially curative and useful for future interpretations
of this tumor's potential evolution.
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