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Yolk sac tumor in the abdominal wall of an 18-month-old girl: a case report.

Machiel van den AkkerDirk VervloessemAn HuybrechsSabine DeclercqJutte van der Werff Ten Bosch
Published in: Journal of medical case reports (2017)
Clinicians should be aware that a yolk sac tumor can present in an unusual extragonadal place, for example in this case it was subcutaneous. In some cases, conservative treatment can be carried out with careful monitoring of the patient and their alpha-fetoprotein.
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