Uterine teratoma and the role of short-tandem repeat genotyping in understanding origins
AlAshqar A, Maruthi V, Abi-Raad R, Greenman M, Hui P, Ratner E, Altwerger G, Santin A, Andikyan V. Uterine teratoma and the role of short-tandem repeat genotyping in understanding origins. Gynecologic Oncology Reports 2024, 56: 101652. PMID: 39698441, PMCID: PMC11652878, DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2024.101652.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesUterine teratomaPluripotent stem cellsMolecular testingRare tumorLimitations of diagnostic imagingHistory of vaginal bleedingShort tandem repeat genotypingStem cellsAdvanced molecular testingRepeat genotypingFallopian tube tissueGerm cell layersLoss of heterozygosityFour-week historyVaginal bleedingSurgical resectionOvarian counterpartRare entityUterine massPrimiparous womenEndometrial samplesFetal tissuesTeratomaPresence of tissueDiploid karyotypeMixed Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors—Challenging Clinicopathological Presentations
Niu N, Buza N, Hui P. Mixed Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors—Challenging Clinicopathological Presentations. International Journal Of Gynecological Pathology 2024, 44: 42-48. PMID: 38959396, DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0000000000001044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlacental site trophoblastic tumorEpithelioid trophoblastic tumorSerum human chorionic gonadotropinHuman chorionic gonadotropinTrophoblastic tumorImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyActinomycin D therapyMethotrexate-based chemotherapyVariable clinicopathological presentationsCheckpoint inhibitor therapyGestational trophoblastic tumorsSerum hCG levelsExtrauterine metastasesMultiagent chemotherapyVaginal bleedingHCG levelsHydatidiform moleInhibitor therapyCervical massUterine massGestational originEndometrial biopsyClinicopathological presentationPatient ageDisease-free