Unsuccessful planned conservative resection of placental site trophoblastic tumor.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-2013
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Placental site trophoblastic tumor is a rare subtype of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia affecting women of reproductive age. The preferred method of treatment is surgical resection.
CASE: A 33-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 1111, was incidentally diagnosed with placental site trophoblastic tumor during an evaluation for infertility. As a result of persistent pathologic evidence of disease, she underwent a hysterectomy. The site of disease on pathologic review of the hysterectomy specimen was widely discordant from the preoperative imaging and hysteroscopic evaluations.
CONCLUSION: Wedge resection of the uterus has been suggested as an acceptable alternative to hysterectomy in women with placental site trophoblastic tumor who wish to preserve future fertility. However, this case demonstrated that preoperative imaging may not correlate with the tumor site, making wedge resection treatment ineffective.
Volume
121
Issue
2 Pt 2 Suppl 1
First Page
465
Last Page
468
ISSN
1873-233X
Published In/Presented At
Taylor, J. S., Viera, L., Caputo, T. A., Chan, J., Frey, M. K., Gupta, D., & Kligman, I. (2013). Unsuccessful planned conservative resection of placental site trophoblastic tumor. Obstetrics and gynecology, 121(2 Pt 2 Suppl 1), 465–468. https://doi.org/10.1097/aog.0b013e31826d7da6
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
23344410
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article