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 ...

This section presents medications that are known to potentially lead to 'Hydatidiform mole' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. Please be ...

A molar pregnancy, also known as a hydatidiform mole, is an abnormal human pregnancy with no embryo and an overgrowth of the cells that form the placenta. The common form of molar pregnancy affects ...

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 ...

A twin pregnancy with complete hydatidiform mole (HM) and preterm birth of a normal female infant after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) conception was experienced. ICSI due to severe ...

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

A 39-year-old woman (gravida 4, para 3) presented at 14 weeks’ gestation to the emergency department with acute pelvic pain and substantial vaginal bleeding. Her blood pressure was 80/40 mm Hg and ...

A pregnancy that results in the formation of a hydatidiform mole is referred to as a molar pregnancy. A hydatidiform mole is a rapidly growing mass of vesicular tissue inside the uterus without the ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2010;5(2):215-225. The disease can also present at later stages with life-threatening complications from metastases owing to a missed diagnosis; for example, when a ...

Benjamin Tenney, Jr., M.D. Junior visiting surgeon, Boston City Hospital; assistant in gynecology, Harvard Medical School. Frederic Parker, Jr., M.D. Associate ...