Placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) initially misdiagnosed as cervical carcinoma

Pathol Res Pract. 1997;193(3):225-30; discussion 231-4. doi: 10.1016/s0344-0338(97)80081-7.

Abstract

The placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) is the rarest form of trophoblastic disease and shows a wide spectrum of symptoms. A 32-year-old women is presented with PSTT after abruptio in the 7th week of gestation which was initially misdiagnosed as cervical carcinoma on cervical punch biopsy. Therefore, a radical Wertheim-Held hysterectomy was done. The uterus showed a small tumor restricted to the cavum with no cervical infiltration, resembling in all histologic and immunohistochemical features a PSTT. The pelvic lymph nodes showed no metastases. There was no nephrotic syndrome. The patient showed no evidence of disease fourteen months after hysterectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Pregnancy
  • Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site / pathology*
  • Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site / surgery
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery