Patients with a high hCG level 6 months post-hydatidiform mole evacuation are advised chemotherapy. However, close surveillance may be more than sufficient in a number of these patients. Close ...

Hydatidiform mole is a gestation characterized by abnormal development of both fetus and trophoblast. 1 The majority of hydatidiform moles are associated with an excess of paternal to maternal genomes ...

Molar pregnancy or hydatidiform mole follows abnormal conception resulting in early loss of pregnancy. It occurs due to a problem at the time of conception, when the egg and sperm fuse. Following ...

November 30, 2011 — Surveillance instead of chemotherapy might be sufficient for women after a molar pregnancy, and would prevent unnecessary exposure to the toxic effects of agents such as ...

Researchers have used short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry to distinguish hydatidiform moles. Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have used short ...

Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET provide evidence to suggest that women with a rare twin-pregnancy disorder are at no more increased risk of malignant disease than women ...

Determination of pregnancy status is vital in the workup of a patient presenting with vaginal bleeding or lower abdominal pain. We report a case of false negative results on urine and serum pregnancy ...

Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET provide evidence to suggest that women with a rare twin-pregnancy disorder are at no more increased risk of malignant disease than women ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a rare group of tumors that develop early in pregnancy. It occurs when abnormal cells grow in the "trophoblastic" tissue which typically surrounds the ...

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