Treatment of metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor with surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and coil embolization of multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulate
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Journal Article
Abstract
Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor (PSTT) is a rare malignancy that often presents with extensive disease and can be resistant to traditional treatments. We present the case of a woman with stage IV PSTT who was initially managed with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by tumor debulking. Adjuvant therapy was guided by further pathologic analysis that revealed high levels of staining for PD-L1 as well as the presence of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). Subsequently, the patient was treated with traditional chemotherapy with the EP/EMA regimen with the addition of pembrolizumab. The patient’s treatment course was complicated by the development of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, autoimmune thyroiditis thought to be secondary to immunotherapy, and significant tinnitus secondary to platinum agents. Currently the patient is in follow up and remains in a complete remission.
Date Issued
2021-05
Date Acceptance
2021-04-30
Citation
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2021, 36, pp.1-4
ISSN
2352-5789
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
1
End Page
4
Journal / Book Title
Gynecologic Oncology Reports
Volume
36
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352578921000862?via%3Dihub
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
100782
Date Publish Online
2021-05-07