Coexistence of glomangioma and yolk sac tumour in a child: a case report.

J Clin Diagn Res

Faculty, Department of Paediatric Hematology and Oncology, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey .

Published: May 2014

Glomus tumours (GTs) primarily arise from glomus bodies that are located in the dermis layer of skin. However, they can be encountered ectopically in most parts of the body. As a result of researches done in a 17-month-old male patient who prssented to us with complaint of an increasingly growing swelling, he was diagnosed with a yolk sac tumour. Chemotherapy was started and then, he was operated. GT was found inside the tumoural mass. Our patient, who is the first case according to our knowledge, where the concurrence of yolk sac and glomus tumours was reported, has been discussed in the light of literature.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080048PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/7373.4324DOI Listing

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