RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Placental site trophoblastic disease
JF International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
JO Int J Gynecol Cancer
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 144
OP 149
DO 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000952
VO 30
IS 1
A1 Guido Martin Rey Valzacchi
A1 Diego Odetto
A1 Carolina Beatriz Chacon
A1 Alejandra Wernicke
A1 Yang Xiang
YR 2020
UL http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/30/1/144.abstract
AB A case study of a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of placental site trophoblastic tumor is presented. The patient had a 22-month history of amenorrhea since her last pregnancy, and a dilation and curettage procedure was performed after a 3.1×2.4×2.8 cm endometrial echogenic lesion was visualized on a pelvic ultrasound. When the diagnosis of placental site trophoblastic tumor was made by histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis, complementary examinations including including pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a chest computed tomography (CT) were done. There was no evidence of disease outside the uterus, and a laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy was performed. After a surveillance period of 12 months, no disease recurrence was identified. Best imaging studies, treatment options, and proper surveillance for these type of tumors are discussed alongside the case study.