Case report of pulmonary epithelial trophoblastic tumor in a young female patient. Issue 24 (June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jiang, Lijun; Xu, Hongfei; Lu, Yuan; Li, Weidong; Zheng, Chengfei
• Other Names: Koniaris. Leonidas G. section editor.
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 96:Issue 24(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-06
• Subjects: beta-human chorionic gonadotropin -- epithelial trophoblastic tumor -- surgery; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000007097
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

Abstract: Introduction: An epithelial trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a kind of rare trophoblastic tumor that may have the correlation with a prior gestational event. Especially, the one that appears in the lung is extremely rare. Case summary: Here, we present a 24-year-old female patient with the chief complain of vaginal bleeding for more than 1 month, who was found to have a large mass (7.5 × 4.5 cm) in the right lower lobe, and it was finally confirmed as lung ETT by postoperative pathology after a successful radical resection of the pulmonary lobe. Conclusions: As the reason of an extreme rare occurrence of the ETT, doctors can easily misdiagnose the disease. When the patient was found to have a mass with irregular vaginal bleeding and a high level of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, we need to consider ETT. Currently, surgery is still the most effective method.