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Mohd Nor, Khadijah and Manuel, Anura Michelle and Chew, Man Fong and Gan, Chin Seng and Yap, Tsiao Yi and Loong, Siow Ping and Abdullah, Wan Ariffin
(2018)
Challenges in the management of a child with yolk sac tumour of the nasal cavity presenting with epistaxis and progressive respiratory distress.
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 14 (1).
pp. 57-60.
ISSN 1675-8544
Abstract
Yolk Sac tumour (YST) of the nasal cavity is extremely rare with only less than five previously reported cases in the English literature. Due to its rarity, the diagnosis is not one that is considered at initial presentation until tissue biopsies are sent for histopathological examination. Serum α-fetoprotein levels aid in diagnosis and in monitoring progression of the tumour. Being a very uncommon tumour of germ cell origin presenting as localized disease in the nasal cavity, prognosis and survival rates are difficult to determine. We are reporting a rare yolk sac tumour case in an infant and the challenges encountered in its management.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Publisher: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Keywords: | Sinonasal tumour; Yolk sac tumour; Serum α-fetoprotein |
| Depositing User: | Nabilah Mustapa |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2018 04:07 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2018 04:07 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59696 |
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