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The Human Yolk Sac and Yolk Sac Tumors

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Francisco F. Nogales

    1. Head of Department, University Hospital, Granada, Spain

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Comparative Development of the Mammalian Yolk Sac

    • B. F. King, A. C. Enders
    Pages 1-32

  3. Development of the Human Yolk Sac

    • A. C. Enders, B. F. King
    Pages 33-47

  4. Histology of the Secondary Human Yolk Sac with Special Reference to Hematopoiesis

    • T. Takashina
    Pages 48-69

  5. Kinetics of Hematopoiesis in the Human Yolk Sac

    • G. Migliaccio, A. R. Migliaccio
    Pages 70-83

  6. Macrophages in the Human Yolk Sac

    • H. Enzan
    Pages 84-108

  7. α-Fetoprotein and Other Proteins in the Human Yolk Sac

    • D. Buffe, C. Rimbaut, J. A. Gaillard
    Pages 109-125

  8. Yolk Sac Abnormalities: A Clinical Review

    • N. Exalto
    Pages 126-134

  9. Experimental Models of Injury in the Mammalian Yolk Sac

    • E. A. Reece, E. Pinter, F. Naftolin
    Pages 135-160

  10. Ultrasonography of the Human Yolk Sac

    • E. Ferrazzi, S. Garbo
    Pages 161-173

  11. Morphological Changes of the Secondary Human Yolk Sac in Early Pregnancy Wastage

    • F. F. Nogales, E. Beltran, F. Gonzalez
    Pages 174-194

  12. Yolk Sac Carcinoma: History of the Concept and the Experimental Models

    • I. Damjanov, A. Damjanov, U. M. Wewer
    Pages 195-215

  13. Immunohistochemical Markers of Yolk Sac Tumors

    • E. Saksela
    Pages 216-227

  14. Pathology of Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumors

    • F. F. Nogales, E. Beltran, M. Pavcovich
    Pages 228-244

  15. Clinical Features and Management of Gynecologic Yolk Sac Tumors

    • D. M. Gershenson
    Pages 245-261

  16. Pathology of Testicular Yolk Sac Tumors

    • A. Talerman
    Pages 262-284

  17. Pathology of Extragonadal Yolk Sac Tumors

    • P. B. Clement, R. H. Young
    Pages 285-308

  18. Unusual Patterns, Subtypes, and Differential Diagnosis of Gonadal Yolk Sac Tumors

    • R. H. Young, R. E. Scully
    Pages 309-342

  19. Clinical Features and Management of Testicular and Extragonadal Yolk Sac Tumors

    • F. H. Dexeus, S. Ogden, A. Cangir, J. Ro, C. J. Logothetis
    Pages 343-358

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 359-367
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About this book

I am honored to have been invited to write a foreword for this book, because tumors of the yolk sac have been a preoccupation of mine since the days of my residency, now more than 3 decades ago. At that time, a 3-year-old boy died of a testicular cancer of unknown histo­ genesis. It was bad enough that the child died, but it bothered me even more that medical science did not know the histogenesis of the tumor that destroyed him, and I decided to study testicular cancer. For re­ search training I sought out F. J. Dixon, who had written the Armed Forces Fascicle on testicular tumors. Dr. Dixon and I showed that embryonal carcinoma was a multipoten­ tial malignant stem cell that differentiated into the three embryonic germ layers of murine teratocarcinoma. This led to the idea that the normal counterpart of embryonal carcinoma must also be multi­ potent, and we focused on the preimplantation embryo for the histo­ genesis of the tumor. This idea was strengthened by the discovery that embryonal carcinoma cells made embryoid bodies in the ascites and it was possible to observe the development of these bodies in vitro. These observations led to the idea that embryonal carcinoma was a caricature (gross misrepresentation) of early development, and car­ cinomas in general were a caricature of the process of renewal of their normal counterpart.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Head of Department, University Hospital, Granada, Spain

    Francisco F. Nogales

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Human Yolk Sac and Yolk Sac Tumors

  • Editors: Francisco F. Nogales

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77852-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-77854-4Published: 08 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-77852-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 367

  • Topics: Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Pathology, Oncology, Biochemistry, general

  • Industry Sectors: Health & Hospitals

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