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- Title
Tumor trofoblástico del sitio placentario con evolución a coriocarcinoma. Caso clínico.
- Authors
Álvarez-Goris, M. P.; De la Torre y Fernández, P.; Huerta-Hentschel, J. M.; Sánchez-Zamora, R.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: The placental site trophoblastic tumor is the second rarest tumor of trophoblastic disease, with less than 300 cases reported.Clinical presentation it's a diagnostic challenge, it has an unpredictablemalignant potential, and it can develop choriocarcinoma and even have simultaneous presentation. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 34 year old woman with chronic transvaginal bleeding since her last cesarean (five months ago), with histologic diagnosis of placental site trophoblastic tumor and inmunohistoquimic report of choriocarcinoma, this early diagnosis improves her survival prognostic. CONCLUSION: placental site trophoblastic tumor and their evolution to choriocarcinoma have a low rate but it's possible. That it's the reason why complete diagnosis with biopsy, histologic and inmunohistoquimic report is mandatory to improve therapeutic.
- Subjects
TROPHOBLASTIC tumors; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL trials; TRANSVAGINAL ultrasonography; CESAREAN section complications; PATIENTS; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Ginecología y Obstetricia de México, 2016, Vol 84, Issue 5, p324
- ISSN
0300-9041
- Publication type
Case Study