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 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