Courtney Snalium of Texas was just 23 in 2009 when doctors mistook her rare cancer – placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) – for pregnancy. Just 300 cases of this cancer have been found. Courtney Snalium of Texas was just 23 in 2009 when doctors mistook her rare cancer – placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) – for pregnancy. Just 300 cases of this cancer have been found.