Skip to main content

Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the ear

Publication ,  Journal Article
Stanley, RJ; Scheithauer, BW; Thompson, EI; Kispert, DB; Weiland, LH; Pearson, BW
Published in: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1987

Endodermal sinus tumors (yolk sac tumors) are malignant germ cell tumors that usually arise in the gonads. We report what is, to our knowledge, the first known case of endodermal sinus tumor of the ear. The tumor was present in in a developmentally delayed child with an abnormal temporal bone and exhibited histopathologic and immunocytochemical features identical to those of endodermal sinus tumors of gonadal origin. The tumor resolved after chemotherapy, and the patient remained alive without evidence of disease at the time of this writing. The purpose of this report is to add a rare tumor to the differential diagnosis of neoplasms of the ear in children and to familiarize otorhinolaryngologists and head and neck surgeons with its pathologic features and clinical management.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

ISSN

0886-4470

Publication Date

1987

Volume

113

Issue

2

Start / End Page

200 / 203

Related Subject Headings

  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Stanley, R. J., Scheithauer, B. W., Thompson, E. I., Kispert, D. B., Weiland, L. H., & Pearson, B. W. (1987). Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the ear. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 113(2), 200–203.
Stanley, R. J., B. W. Scheithauer, E. I. Thompson, D. B. Kispert, L. H. Weiland, and B. W. Pearson. “Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the ear.” Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 113, no. 2 (1987): 200–203.
Stanley RJ, Scheithauer BW, Thompson EI, Kispert DB, Weiland LH, Pearson BW. Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the ear. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 1987;113(2):200–3.
Stanley, R. J., et al. “Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the ear.” Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 113, no. 2, 1987, pp. 200–03.
Stanley RJ, Scheithauer BW, Thompson EI, Kispert DB, Weiland LH, Pearson BW. Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the ear. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 1987;113(2):200–203.

Published In

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

ISSN

0886-4470

Publication Date

1987

Volume

113

Issue

2

Start / End Page

200 / 203

Related Subject Headings

  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences