All issues > Volume 26(6); 1983

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1983;26(6):584-588. Published online June 30, 1983.

Primary Endodermal Sinus Tumor In The Sacrococcygium.

Jong In Kim¹, Jin Yang¹, Ik Jun Lee¹, Young Hyun Kwak¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College, Seouly Korea

Abstract

The endodermal sinus tumors are rare and highly malignant germ cell tumors in both gonadal and extra gonadal tissue. The recent occurence of such a neoplasm, 7 years old girl treated postoperatively with combined chemotherapy followed by apparent improvement in the level of alpha-fetoprotein and metastatic inguinal lymphnodes. A brief review of the related literature was made on this subject.

Keywords :Endodermal sinus tumor; alpha-fetoprotein.