Adenomyosis presenting as a molar pregnancy: A case report

• We present a case of atypical adenomyosis with clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings suggestive of a molar pregnancy. • Adenomyosis causes uterine enlargement and may appear cystic on vaginal ultrasound. • Falsely elevated β-hCG in the setting of obesity and hypothyroidism may complicate diag...

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Autores principales: Bedrick, Bronwyn S., Kazarian, Gregory S., Greenwade, Molly M., Spies, Nick, Chen, Tiffany, Maluf, Horacio, Dicke, Jeffrey, Thaker, Premal H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100573
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author Bedrick, Bronwyn S.
Kazarian, Gregory S.
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description • We present a case of atypical adenomyosis with clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings suggestive of a molar pregnancy. • Adenomyosis causes uterine enlargement and may appear cystic on vaginal ultrasound. • Falsely elevated β-hCG in the setting of obesity and hypothyroidism may complicate diagnosing abnormal uterine bleeding.
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spelling pubmed-71915722020-05-05 Adenomyosis presenting as a molar pregnancy: A case report Bedrick, Bronwyn S. Kazarian, Gregory S. Greenwade, Molly M. Spies, Nick Chen, Tiffany Maluf, Horacio Dicke, Jeffrey Thaker, Premal H. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • We present a case of atypical adenomyosis with clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings suggestive of a molar pregnancy. • Adenomyosis causes uterine enlargement and may appear cystic on vaginal ultrasound. • Falsely elevated β-hCG in the setting of obesity and hypothyroidism may complicate diagnosing abnormal uterine bleeding. Elsevier 2020-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7191572/ /pubmed/32373693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100573 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Adenomyosis presenting as a molar pregnancy: A case report
title Adenomyosis presenting as a molar pregnancy: A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191572/
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