Ovarian endometrioid carcinoma with yolk sac tumor component in a postmenopausal woman

Kabukcuoglu S., ARIK D.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, vol.37, no.6, pp.867-869, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.12892/ejgo3205.2016
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.867-869
  • Keywords: Yolk sac tumor, Endometrioid adenocarcinoma, Postmenopause, ADENOCARCINOMA
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Yolk sac tumor (YST) coexisting with a variety of histologic patterns have been described, but with an epithelial malignant component is extremely rare. It has been suggested that this rare tumor represents an adenocarcinoma with aberrant differentiation because it occurs in the same age range as epithelial ovarian carcinoma and shows an aggressive behavior and poor prognosis. Although chemotherapy is effective for pure YST, YST with endometrioid adenocarcinoma does not respond to chemotherapy. Here the authors report a post-menopousal women with ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma (OEC) associated with YST.