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Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site

"Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

An uncommon variant of CHORIOCARCINOMA. It is composed almost entirely of mononuclear cytotrophoblasts (TROPHOBLASTS). Because its secretion of hCG (CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN) is low, a large tumor may develop before the hCG can be detected.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2002 and 2005
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