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Pure yolk sac tumor of sacrococcygeal region

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
The sacrococcygeal region is the most common site for the extragonadal germ cell tumors comprising seminomatous and non-seminomatous tumors. Seminomatous tumors are seminomas, and non-seminomatous tumors comprise mainly teratoma (mature and immature), yolk sac tumor (YST), embryonal carcinoma (EC), and c...

Controversies in presacral tumors management

ABSTRACT Presacral tumors are rare lesions of the retrorectal space that can present diagnostic and therapeutic difficulty because of their anatomic location and the different tissue types and etiology. Although the diagnosis and management of these tumors has evolved in recent years, several points stil...

Obesidad e hirsutismo como factores predisponentes de la enfermedad pilonidal sacrococcígea

Rev. chil. cir; 59 (2), 2007
Antecedentes: La enfermedad pilonidal sacrococcígea (EPSC) se ha asociado con la obesidad y el hirsutismo. El objetivo de este estudio es investigar la relevancia de estas dos características como factores de riesgo de una EPSC. Material y Método: Estudio prospectivo que incluye todos los pacientes in...