Open AccessPlacental site nodule: A tumor-like trophoblastic lesion
Author(s) -
Shibu Jacob,
Debahuti Mohapatra
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.48931
Subject(s) - placental site trophoblastic tumor , trophoblastic tumor , nodule (geology) , lesion , pathology , medicine , asymptomatic , pregnancy , placenta , fetus , biology , gestation , paleontology , genetics
Placental site nodule is an uncommon, benign, generally asymptomatic lesion of trophoblastic origin, which may often be detected several months to years after the pregnancy from which it resulted. This entity may have bizarre histologic findings and should be distinguished from other aggressive lesions like placental site trophoblastic tumor, epithelioid trophoblastic tumor and squamous cell carcinoma.