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Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumour: A Case with Genetic Linkage to a Child Born over Seventeen Years Prior, Successfully Treated with Surgery and Pembrolizumab

Current Oncology, 2021
Epithelioid trophoblastic tumours are rare neoplasms showing differentiation towards the chorion leave-type intermediate cytotrophoblast, with only a handful of cases being reported in the literature.
David Pisani, Jean Calleja-Agius, Riccardo Di Fiore, John J. O’Leary, James P. Beirne, Sharon A. O’Toole, Ana Felix, Ian Said-Huntingford   +7 more
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Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor in a postmenopausal woman: A case report and review of the literature in the postmenopausal group

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2020
Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor is a rare gestational trophoblastic neoplasm arising from the intermediate trophoblasts. Although usually seen in the reproductive period, it may be encountered during the postmenopausal period. A 56-year-old woman who had
Seyran Yigit, Eylul Gun, Bulent Yilmaz, Zafer Kolsuz   +3 more
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An invasive mole with pulmonary metastases in a 55-year-old postmenopausal Syrian woman: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Invasive mole is a subtype of gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTNs) that usually develops from the malignant transformation of trophoblastic tissue after molar evacuation.
Sawsan Ismail, Karen Mikhael, Nehad Salloum, Zuheir Alshehabi   +3 more
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Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumour Masquerading as Ectopic Pregnancy in Uterine Caesarean Scar: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Gestational trophoblastic disease includes a spectrum of proliferative disorders ranging from non-neoplastic hydatidiform moles to malignant neoplastic conditions, each with phenotypic features of the different trophoblastic cells in the placenta ...
M Anjana, TR Preethi, KR Anila, Kiran Raj, P Rema   +4 more
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PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS AND NO GYNECOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2008
Early recognition of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm (GTN) will maximize the chances of cure with chemotherapy but some patients present with many different symptoms months or even years after the causative pregnancy making diagnosis difficult ...
F. Ghaemmaghami T. Ashraf Ganjoie
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Core 2 β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases accelerate the escape of choriocarcinoma from natural killer cell immunity

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2021
Hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin (H-hCG) is secreted from choriocarcinoma and contains a core2 O-glycan formed by core2 β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase (C2GnT).
Kenichi Nakamura, Kaoru Niimi, Eiko Yamamoto, Yoshiki Ikeda, Kimihiro Nishino, Shiro Suzuki, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Fumitaka Kikkawa   +7 more
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Amenorrhea and elevated βhuman chorionic gonadotropin of unknown origin: An unexpected location of choriocarcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2021
Choriocarcinoma is a rare malignancy originating from trophoblastic cells that is known to arise from the placenta. In this report, we describe the case of a 28-year-old female who consulted for amenorrhea and elevated βhCG mimicking a pregnancy of an ...
Ichrak Ben Abdallah, Mona Mlika, Yosra Berrazega, Nesrine Mejri, Haifa Rachdi, Houda El Benna, Nouha Daoud, Soumaya Laabidi, Faouzi Mezni, Hamouda Boussen   +9 more
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Uterine choriocarcinoma diagnosed 11 years after menopause: A case report

Case Reports in Women's Health, 2018
Background: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTNs) encompass a wide spectrum of diseases, of which choriocarcinoma is one of the most common. Choriocarcinoma occurs mainly in relation to pregnancy and rarely after the menopause.
Georges El Hasbani, Alaa Balaghi, Kamal Tarabine, Richard Assaker, Michel Samaha, Hadi Ghanem, Noha Bejjani, Bassel Abouzeid   +7 more
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Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and other blood cell component counts are not associated with the development of postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectiveTo relate preevacuation platelet count and leukogram findings, especially neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios (NLR) and platelet/lymphocyte ratios with the occurrence of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) after complete hydatidiform mole (CHM ...
Antonio Braga, Ana Clara Canelas, Berenice Torres, Izildinha Maesta, Luana Giongo Pedrotti, Marina Bessel, Ana Paula Vieira Dos Santos Esteves, Joffre Amim Junior, Jorge Rezende Filho, Kevin M Elias, Neil S Horowitz, Ross S Berkowitz   +11 more
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Significance of transvaginal Doppler ultrasonography for detection of malignant gestational trophoblastic disease [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005
Transvaginal Doppler ultrasonography has an important role in detecting and confirming the gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). It can also be helpful in early detection of the malignant cases of GTD such as the invasion and protrusion of ...
Nikolić Branka, Rakić Snežana, Pavlović Dejan, Popovac Svetlana, Lukić Relja   +4 more
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