Placental site trophoblastic tumor

Testis and epididymis
Germ cell tumors
Placental site trophoblastic tumor

Author: Turki Al-Hussain, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 16 June 2017, last major update January 2013

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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Positive stains

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Definition / general

Rare, resembles uterine tumor of same name

Case reports

16 month infant (Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:282)
24 year old man with placental site trophoblastic tumor and teratoma (Hum Pathol 2010;41:1046)

Microscopic (histologic) description

Proliferation of intermediate trophoblasts, identical to uterine tumor

Positive stains