Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm Favouring Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumour
Epithelioid trophoblastic tumour (ETT) is a rare form of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD).We report a case of a 28-year-old woman presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding and mildly elevated serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) levels.Imaging revealed a heterogeneous uterine mass with lymphadenopathy and pulmonary metastases.Core biopsy histology suggested ETT, but definitive subclassification was limited by small sample size and an ambiguous immunohistochemical profile, which is itself a recognised source of diagnostic uncertainty in this entity.The patient received neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy, followed by total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and lymphadenectomy.At 10 months postoperatively, the patient remains disease-free with normalisation of β-hCG levels.This case illustrates the diagnostic challenges inherent to GTD, particularly the overlap between ETT, placental site trophoblastic tumour (PSTT) and choriocarcinoma; emphasises the importance of integrating multimodal imaging with histopathology within a multidisciplinary team; and demonstrates that a combined approach of chemotherapy and surgical resection can lead to favourable outcomes in this rare entity.
Authors
- Delfim Doutel
- Teresa Margarida Cunha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2411-0207)
- Diogo Carvalho
Institutions
- Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra Francisco Gentil (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115361
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00