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Metastatic Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Aggarwal Neelam,
Sawhney Harjeet,
Vasishta Kala,
Pathak Naina,
Saran R. K.,
Nijhawan Raje
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2001.tb01215.x
Subject(s) - placental site trophoblastic tumor , medicine , gestational trophoblastic disease , trophoblastic tumor , gestational trophoblastic neoplasia , trophoblastic neoplasm , histology , uterus , placenta diseases , gynecology , pathology , obstetrics , pregnancy , gestation , radiology , choriocarcinoma , placenta , fetus , genetics , biology
Placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) is very rare. It is an unusual variant of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia usually confined to the uterus, although 10% of patients have metastases. The clinical behaviour of PSTT varies and despite knowledge of its histology, diagnosis of this rare form of trophoblastic disease and prediction of its biological behaviour remains difficult due to only a few cases reported in literature.