Pulmonary Mass Diagnosed as Extrauterine Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumor

Abstract

Pulmonary extrauterine epithelioid trophoblastic tumors (ETTs) are extremely rare. A 26-year-old nonsmoking woman with a history of a suspected subclinical miscarriage presented with a large mass in the right lower lobe that was confirmed to be a pulmonary extrauterine ETT using immunohistochemical stains. When a nonsmoking fertile woman presents with a pulmonary mass and an elevated serum β-human chorionic gonadotrophin in the absence of gynecologic disease, pulmonary extrauterine ETT should be considered.

Keywords

pathology - lung cancer - immunohistochemistry - lung cancer treatment (surgery, medical) - positron emission tomography - chemotherapy

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