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*Malignant counterpart of ''exaggerated placental site'' (abbreviated ''EPS''). | *Malignant counterpart of ''exaggerated placental site'' (abbreviated ''EPS''). | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Derived from ''intermediate trophoblast''. | *Derived from ''intermediate trophoblast''. | ||
*Follows pregnancy. | *Follows pregnancy. | ||
Clinical: | |||
*Raised (serum) beta-hCG - but usually not has high as in [[choriocarcinoma]]. | |||
**In ~70% < 1000 IU/L.<ref name=pmid19552948>{{Cite journal | last1 = Schmid | first1 = P. | last2 = Nagai | first2 = Y. | last3 = Agarwal | first3 = R. | last4 = Hancock | first4 = B. | last5 = Savage | first5 = PM. | last6 = Sebire | first6 = NJ. | last7 = Lindsay | first7 = I. | last8 = Wells | first8 = M. | last9 = Fisher | first9 = RA. | title = Prognostic markers and long-term outcome of placental-site trophoblastic tumours: a retrospective observational study. | journal = Lancet | volume = 374 | issue = 9683 | pages = 48-55 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60618-8 | PMID = 19552948 }}</ref> | |||
**In a series of 55 cases the average beta-hCG was ~700 IU/L.<ref name=pmid16246400>{{Cite journal | last1 = Baergen | first1 = RN. | last2 = Rutgers | first2 = JL. | last3 = Young | first3 = RH. | last4 = Osann | first4 = K. | last5 = Scully | first5 = RE. | title = Placental site trophoblastic tumor: A study of 55 cases and review of the literature emphasizing factors of prognostic significance. | journal = Gynecol Oncol | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = 511-20 | month = Mar | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.08.058 | PMID = 16246400 }}</ref> | |||
*Prognosis dependent on time of diagnosis from last pregnancy. | *Prognosis dependent on time of diagnosis from last pregnancy. | ||
**<48 months good prognosis.<ref name=pmid19552948/> | **<48 months good prognosis.<ref name=pmid19552948/> | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== |
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