Latifat Tunrayo Oduola-Owoo1,
Badmus Babatunde Oduola-Owoo2,
Agboola Ajibola Said3,
Rasheed Mumini Wemimo4
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Olubukola Omidiji5,
Odetayo Omolara Foluke6,
Najeem Adedamola Idowu7
For correspondence:- Rasheed Wemimo Email: muminirasheed265@gmail.com
Published: 07 December 2021
Citation: Oduola-Owoo LT, Oduola-Owoo BB, Said AA, Wemimo RM, Omidiji O, Foluke OO, et al. A case report on management of yolk sac tumour of uterine cervix in a 2-year-old child. Trop J Med Dent Pract 2021; 2(4):107-111 doi: 10.47227/tjmdp.v2i4.4
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Giant cell tumour (GCT) of malignant origin is a rare and heterogeneous group of tumours in the paediatric population. It could be seminomatous and non-seminomatous. Non-seminomatous group is less commonly seen. The most commonly seen type under the non-seminomatous group under the age of three years is the yolk sac tumour. Majority of yolk sac tumour is seen in the gonad while very few develop in extra gonadal sites such as the sacrococcygeal region, retroperitoneum, mediastinum, pelvis and stomach among others. Extral gonadal germ cell tumour is extremely rare in the cervix and when it occurs there may be challenges in the management. We presented a case of a 2-year-old female who presented with a 9-month history of persistent bleeding and discharge per vagina that was diagnosed as a yolk sac tumour and successfully treated with chemotherapy to preserve.
