Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor coexisting with choriocarcinoma around an abdominal wall cesarean scar: a case report an
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(2020) 14:178
CASE REPORT
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Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor coexisting with choriocarcinoma around an abdominal wall cesarean scar: a case report and review of the literature Chunfeng Yang1, Jianqi Li1, Yuanyuan Zhang2, Hanzhen Xiong3 and Xiujie Sheng1*
Abstract Background: Mixed gestational trophoblastic neoplasms are extremely rare and comprise a group of fetal trophoblastic tumors including choriocarcinomas, epithelioid trophoblastic tumors, and placental site trophoblastic tumors. We present a case of a patient with extrauterine mixed gestational trophoblastic neoplasm adjacent to the abdominal wall cesarean scar. On the basis of a literature review, this type of case has never been reported before due to the unique lesion location and low incidence. Case presentation: Our patient was a 39-year-old Chinese woman who had a history of two cesarean sections and one miscarriage. She had a recurrent anterior abdominal wall mass around her cesarean scar, and the mass was initially suspected of being choriocarcinoma of unknown origin. The patient had concomitant negative or mildly increased serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin at follow-up and no abnormal vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain. However, she underwent local excision twice and had two courses of chemotherapy with an etoposide and cisplatin regimen. She finally opted for exploratory laparotomy with abdominal wall lesion removal, subtotal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, and left ovarian cyst resection, which showed the abdominal wall lesion, whose components were revealed by microscopy and immunohistochemical staining to be approximately 90% epithelioid trophoblastic tumors and 10% choriocarcinomas from a solely extrauterine mixed gestational trophoblastic neoplasm around an abdominal wall cesarean scar. Conclusions: It is worth noting whether epithelioid trophoblastic tumor exists in the setting of persistent positive low-level β-human chorionic gonadotropin. More studies are required to provide mechanistic insights into these mixed gestational trophoblastic neoplasms. Keywords: Mixed gestational trophoblastic tumor, Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor, Choriocarcinoma, Immunohistochemistry
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and you
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