Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report

Molar pregnancy or a hydatidiform mole, also referred to as gestational trophoblastic disease, is an abnormal type of pregnancy, in which a potentially anomalous egg is abnormally fertilized resulting in a subsequently non-viable conceptus becoming an enlarged growth in the uterus with dangerous com...

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Autores principales: Prabhu, Indraneel K, Rosenbaum, Amy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052280
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10319
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description Molar pregnancy or a hydatidiform mole, also referred to as gestational trophoblastic disease, is an abnormal type of pregnancy, in which a potentially anomalous egg is abnormally fertilized resulting in a subsequently non-viable conceptus becoming an enlarged growth in the uterus with dangerous complications. These moles can occur as either complete or partial moles, each with its own unique features. In this article, we report a case of a pregnant woman who presented to her primary care doctor with the chief complaint of shortness of breath. Upon further questioning, she was found to have slight vaginal bleeding. Further workup of the unexplained bleeding revealed a small, yet concerning molar pregnancy, and led to our encounter with the patient on her operating day for a dilation and curettage. As these moles are somewhat rare occurrences, this case report aims to describe the condition, with a focus on management and outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-75446042020-10-12 Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report Prabhu, Indraneel K Rosenbaum, Amy Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Molar pregnancy or a hydatidiform mole, also referred to as gestational trophoblastic disease, is an abnormal type of pregnancy, in which a potentially anomalous egg is abnormally fertilized resulting in a subsequently non-viable conceptus becoming an enlarged growth in the uterus with dangerous complications. These moles can occur as either complete or partial moles, each with its own unique features. In this article, we report a case of a pregnant woman who presented to her primary care doctor with the chief complaint of shortness of breath. Upon further questioning, she was found to have slight vaginal bleeding. Further workup of the unexplained bleeding revealed a small, yet concerning molar pregnancy, and led to our encounter with the patient on her operating day for a dilation and curettage. As these moles are somewhat rare occurrences, this case report aims to describe the condition, with a focus on management and outcomes. Cureus 2020-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7544604/ /pubmed/33052280 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10319 Text en Copyright © 2020, Prabhu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report
title Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report
title_full Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report
title_fullStr Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report
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title_short Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient With a Concern for Neoplasia: A Case Report
title_sort hydatidiform mole in a patient with a concern for neoplasia: a case report
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544604/
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