Gestational trophoblastic disease

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a group of rare tumors that involve abnormal growth of cells inside a woman's uterus.

Gestational trophoblastic disease
Definition
Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) refers to a group of abnormalities in which tumors grow inside a woman's uterus (womb).

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) refers to a group of abnormalities in which tumors grow inside a woman's uterus (womb).

Gestational trophoblastic disease
Hydatiform mole
Alternative Names
Chorioblastoma; Trophoblastic tumor; Chorioepithelioma; Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), also known as molar pregnancy, is a range of pregnancy related tumours. Molar pregnancies occur when the placenta (or afterbirth) of a defective pregnancy transforms into a tumour.

gestational trophoblastic disease A rare cancer in women of childbearing age in which cancer cells grow in the tissues that are formed in the uterus after conception.

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Risk Factors
Certain factors can make one woman more likely to get gestational trophoblastic tumors than another. These are called risk factors.

Gestational trophoblastic disease is the term for a number of pregnancy conditions that involve the placental (afterbirth) tissue turning cancerous or cancer-like. This cancer occurs in one in every 1,200-1,500 pregnancies.

Gestational trophoblastic disease
Hydatiform mole
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Choriocarcinoma is an uncommon, but very often curable cancer associated with pregnancy. A baby may or may not develop in these types of pregnancy.

Gestational trophoblastic disease
Larger-than-expected uterine size, often elevated BP, severe vomiting, sometimes passage of grapelike tissue
Evaluation as for ectopic pregnancy ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease Gestational trophoblastic tumor, a rare cancer in women, is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the tissues that are formed following conception (the joining of sperm and egg).

Rarely, gestational trophoblastic disease can be 'reactivated' after a future pregnancy even several years later.

Abdominal tumor
Gestational trophoblastic disease (hydatidiform mole)
Polyhydramnios
Single pregnancy with inaccurate dates
Uterine myomas ...

They are a type of gestational trophoblastic disease. Also called choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, and chorionic carcinoma.
Permalink for chorioblastoma ...

Molar pregnancy: You may have a molar pregnancy (technically called gestational trophoblastic disease). Your ultrasound results may show the developing fetus is not actually a baby but is abnormal tissue.

Gestational trophoblastic disease: Management of hydatidiform mole
Intrauterine adhesions
Mifepristone for the medical termination of pregnancy
Overview of causes of genital tract bleeding in women
Overview of postpartum hemorrhage ...

Can help identify ectopic pregnancy or threatened abortion . May also be used to monitor women with rare forms of ovarian cancer or those with cancerous changes in the placenta (gestational trophoblastic disease).
Complete blood count (CBC) ...

Choriocarcinoma is a malignant, trophoblastic and aggressive cancer, usually of the placenta. It is characterized by early hematogenous spread to the lungs. It belongs to the far end of the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), ...

Too little amniotic fluid
Too much amniotic fluid ( polyhydramnios)
Tumors of pregnancy, including gestational trophoblastic disease
Other problems with the ovaries, uterus, and remaining pelvic structures ...

A rare cancer in women of childbearing age in which cancer cells grow in the tissues that are formed in the uterus after conception. Also called gestational trophoblastic disease, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, gestational trophoblastic tumor, ...

help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta) after fertilization of an egg by a sperm. The two main types of gestational trophoblastic tumors are hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma. Also called gestational trophoblastic disease.

See also: Cancer, Uterus, Carcinoma, Pregnancy, Choriocarcinoma