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Incidentally diagnosed epithelioid trophoblastic tumor immediately after delivery: a case report

Hyun Young Kwon, Jung-Woo Park

Affiliacja i adres do korespondencji
Curr Gynecol Oncol 2016, 14 (3), p. 174–177
DOI: 10.15557/CGO.2016.0021
Streszczenie

Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor is a rare malignant lesion of gestational trophoblastic disease, and constitutes an abnormal proliferation of placental trophoblasts. Patients with epithelioid trophoblastic tumor are usually of reproductive age, and have had previous gestations including full-term deliveries, molar pregnancies and abortions. The interval between antecedent gestational events and the diagnosis of epithelioid trophoblastic tumor usually ranges from 0 to 264 months (mean, 84 months). Herein, we report a 42-year-old Korean woman (gravida 2, para 2). At 38 weeks of gestation, she underwent a repeat cesarean section and then hysterectomy due to uterine atony. She was incidentally diagnosed with epithelioid trophoblastic tumor, and postoperatively no metastatic disease was observed. The patient presented no clinical evidence of tumor recurrence for 5 years after surgery. This case is remarkable because epithelioid trophoblastic tumor is a rare disease, and the diagnosis of epithelioid trophoblastic tumor followed immediately after delivery.

Słowa kluczowe
epithelioid trophoblastic tumor, gestational trophoblastic disease, rare tumor, uterine neoplasm