mediastinal yolk sac tumor
MONDO:0023726Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names mediastinal yolk sac tumor yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An extragonadal non-seminomatous malignant germ cell tumor that arises from the mediastinum. It is characterized by the presence of small pale cells with small amount of cytoplasm and round to oval nuclei with small nucleoli forming a variety of patterns, including microcystic, macrocystic, pseudopapillary, myxomatous, hepatoid, polyvesicular vitelline, and solid. It manifests with respiratory distress, thoracic pain, fever, and superior vena cava syndrome.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0023726), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
19 names
Resolves to: mediastinal yolk sac tumor
- Also called
- endodermal sinus neoplasm of mediastinumendodermal sinus neoplasm of the mediastinumendodermal sinus tumor of mediastinumendodermal sinus tumor of the mediastinumendodermal sinus tumour of mediastinumendodermal sinus tumour of the mediastinummediastinal endodermal sinus neoplasmmediastinal endodermal sinus tumormediastinal endodermal sinus tumourmediastinal yolk Sac neoplasmmediastinal yolk Sac tumourmediastinum yolk sac tumormediastinum yolk sac tumouryolk Sac neoplasm of mediastinumyolk Sac neoplasm of the mediastinum