Hydatidiform Mole
A hydatidiform mole is a growing mass of tissue inside your uterus (womb) that will not develop into a baby. It is the result of abnormal conception.
Hydatidiform mole
Alternate Names : Hydatid mole, Molar pregnancy
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A hydatidiform mole is a rare mass or growth that forms inside the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy. It is a type of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD).
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Gestational trophoblastic disease
Choriocarcinoma (a cancerous form of GTD) ...
Treatment for Hydatidiform Mole
There are two ways to treat hydatidiform moles. The mole can be removed by suction evacuation followed by dilation and curettage (D&C). Or the tumor and entire uterus can be removed with a hysterectomy.
Hydatidiform mole. Also called a molar pregnancy, this type accounts for about 80% of all GTTs. There are two main types of molar pregnancy: a complete molar pregnancy and a partial molar pregnancy.
Hydatidiform mole
Cancer is found only in the space inside the uterus. If the cancer is found in the muscle of the uterus, it is called an invasive mole (choriocarcinoma destruens).
Placental-site gestational trophoblastic tumors ...
Hydatidiform moles
Hydatidiform moles are a benign form of gestational trophoblastic disease. The moles can be either complete (an androgenetic pregnancy) or partial (a triploid gestation).
Hydatiform mole ...
hydatidiform mole A condition in women of childbearing age in which grape-like cysts grow in the uterus after conception (fertilization of an egg by a sperm).
Hydatidiform mole: A tumor that forms in the uterus as a mass of cysts resembling a bunch of grapes. Moles occur during the childbearing years. They do not spread outside of the uterus.
Hydatidiform mole occurs in 1 :200 to 1 :2000 pregnancies in the United States. Invasive mole (chorioadenoma destruens) occurs in 1: 12,000 pregnancies.
Hydatidiform mole is an overgrowth of placental tissue or an abnormal growth that develops from a non-viable, fertilized egg at the beginning of a pregnancy. It often is referred to as a molar pregnancy.
Hydatidiform mole, invasive mole, cancers of pregnancy, or molar pregnancy
This occurs when cancer affects the tissues that would otherwise form in pregnancy. This is not a viable pregnancy, but an abnormal one, because a fetus does not develop.
hydatidiform mole (50% of cases)
Spontaneous abortion (20%of cases)
ectopic pregnancy (2% of cases)
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Hydatidiform mole
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Abnormal maternal serum screening results
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Definition A hydatidiform mole is a relatively rare condition in which tissue around a fertilized egg that normally would have developed into the placenta instead develops as an abnormal cluster of cells.
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Aborting hydatidiform mole
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hydatidiform mole (HY-duh-TIH-dih-form) A slow-growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta) after fertilization of an egg by a sperm.
Hydatidiform Mole
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The cancer may develop after a normal pregnancy; however, it is most often associated with a complete hydatidiform mole. The abnormal tissue from the mole can continue to grow even after it is removed and can turn into cancer.
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Hydatidiform Mole, Nonmetastatic and Metastatic Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor: Diagnosis and Management. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed.
Choriocarcinoma. Hydatidiform mole, invasive mole, cancers of pregnancy, or molar pregnancy ... This occurs when cancer affects the tissues that would ...
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Possible complications of the hydatidiform mole
The hydatidiform mole can cause a wide range of complications including: ...
Gestational trophoblastic disease: Management of hydatidiform mole
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hydatidiform mole, which is a tumor of the placenta with death of the fetus.
choriocarcinoma, which is a tumor of the placenta that causes profuse bleeding.
multiple pregnancy, such as twins or triplets.
Tumors treated with MTX include acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelocytic leukemia (AML), hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma, breast cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, mycosis fungoides, and osteosarcoma.
group of tumors that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that 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 ...
age in which grape-like cysts grow in the uterus after conception (fertilization of an egg by a sperm). Molar pregnancies may change into a type of cancer called choriocarcinoma or gestational trophoblastic tumor. Also called hydatidiform mole.
A baby (usually anomalous) may or may not be present, and the placenta develops into a nonmalignant tumor called a hydatidiform mole.
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