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Microsatellite genotyping of tumoral cells identifying paternal alleles confirmed their placental origin and their migration to the lungs, with likely secondary malignant transformation, and guided the choice of postsurgical chemotherapy needed to completely eradicate \u03b2HCG secretion.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Persistent extragestational secretion of \u03b2HCG in a young nonsmoking woman with a precedent pregnancy and an isolated lung tumor suggests the diagnosis of epithelioid trophoblastic tumor, a very rare malignant tumor for which placental origin needs to be confirmed, especially when occurring several years after the patient's last pregnancy. 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