title: Placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) initially misdiagnosed as cervical carcinoma.
abstract: The placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) is the rarest form of trophoblastic disease and shows a wide spectrum of symptoms. A 32-year-old women is presented with PSTT after abruptio in the 7th week of gestation which was initially misdiagnosed as cervical carcinoma on cervical punch biopsy. Therefore, a radical Wertheim-Held hysterectomy was done. The uterus showed a small tumor restricted to the cavum with no cervical infiltration, resembling in all histologic and immunohistochemical features a PSTT. The pelvic lymph nodes showed no metastases. There was no nephrotic syndrome. The patient showed no evidence of disease fourteen months after hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Leipzig University.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Göretzlehner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dirnhofer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D018245:Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery