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*Abbreviated ''PSTT''. | *Abbreviated ''PSTT''. | ||
*Malignant counterpart of ''exaggerated placental site'' (abbreviated ''EPS''). | *Malignant counterpart of ''exaggerated placental site'' (abbreviated ''EPS''). | ||
===General=== | |||
===Clinical=== | ====Clinical==== | ||
*Raised beta-hCG - but usually not has high as in choriocarcinoma.<ref name=pstt_pc>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6]. Accessed on: 23 September 2009.</ref> | *Raised beta-hCG - but usually not has high as in choriocarcinoma.<ref name=pstt_pc>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6]. Accessed on: 23 September 2009.</ref> | ||
*Derived from ''trophoblast'' - the stuff that forms the chorionic villi - remember: ''syncytiotrophoblasts'' (outer layer) and ''cytotrophoblasts'' (inner layer). | *Derived from ''trophoblast'' - the stuff that forms the chorionic villi - remember: ''syncytiotrophoblasts'' (outer layer) and ''cytotrophoblasts'' (inner layer). | ||
===Epidemiology=== | ====Epidemiology==== | ||
*Usually follows a normal pregnancy ~ 75% of cases.<ref name=pstt_pc>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6]. Accessed on: 23 September 2009.</ref> | *Usually follows a normal pregnancy ~ 75% of cases.<ref name=pstt_pc>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6]. Accessed on: 23 September 2009.</ref> | ||