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Yolk sac tumor (YST) is a rare malignancy typically occurring in children. However, bilateral testicular YSTs are a quite rare situation, which can occur metachronously or synchronously with same histologic type, as well as different histology. We present a case of synchronous YST of the left testis and mature teratoma of the right in a 7-month-old infant treated with testis-sparing surgery at right testis and high radical orchiectomy at left. By follow-up of 28th month, no atrophy, or residual tumor in right testis and no recurrence or evidence of disease in left scrotum was found., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Background: A case of vaginal endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor resulting in hydrometra in a 9-month-old female infant is reported., Case: The patient presented with an intermittent bloody discharge on her diapers and a lower abdominal mass on palpation. Multidetector-row computed tomography showed an irregular, dense soft-tissue mass with heterogeneous enhancement within the vagina, obstructing it. On reformatted computed tomography images, there was upstream dilatation of the cervical and uterine cavities, with fluid attenuation contents called hydrometra, resulting from the vaginal obstruction. The histopathological features of the vaginal mass were identical to those of the endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor). The patient was treated exclusively by means of chemotherapy., Conclusion: Examination of the alpha-fetoprotein levels was useful in the diagnosis of the patient and in assessing the patient's response to treatment by chemotherapy., (Copyright 2010 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)