Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor of uterus presenting as an ovarian mass: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-244

  Shet, Tanuja ^a,b   Parage, Mahendra ^a   Maheshwari, Amita ^a   Nair, Reena ^a   Gupta, Sudeep ^a   Tongaonkar, Hemant ^a   Chinoy, Roshan ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Epithelioid trophoblastic; Intermediate trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYALIN; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYOMECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; NECK METASTASIS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OVARY TUMOR; PARIETAL LOBE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46949099326     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.41669     Document Type: Article

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