Abstract
Gestational trophoblastic disease is a spectrum of trophoblastic diseases that includes: Complete molar pregnancy (CMP), partial molar pregnancies (PMP), invasive mole (IM), chorioncarcinoma (CHC), and placental site trophoblastic tumors (PSTT). Hydatidiform moles are abnormal gestations characterized by the presence of hydropic changes affecting some or all of the placental villi. Hydatidiform moles arise as a result of an abnormal fertilization. In this report, the patient was a 28 year old Albanian woman who had induction of ovulation with Clomid. The majority of molar gestations arise within the uterine cavity. The occurrence of a hydatidiform mole within ectopic gestational tissue is rare. It is important to differentiate a hydatidiform mole from an ectopic pregnancy, particularly in infertile women who have a history of ovulation induction.
Highlights
Gestational trophoblastic disease is a spectrum of trophoblastic diseases that includes: Complete molar pregnancy (CMP), partial molar pregnancies (PMP), invasive mole (IM), chorioncarcinoma (CHC) and placental site trophoblastic tumors (PSTT)
The same proportion of ectopic pregnancies should be affected by molar change since the main etiologic factor preceding both partial and complete hydatidiform moles is an abnormal androgenetic chromosomal constitution of the conceptus that is present before implantation regardless of the site [2]
Tubal ectopic hydatidiform moles are rare occurrences and only 133 cases have been reported in the literature [2]
Summary
Received: 11-Mar-2013; Revised: 25-May2013; Accepted: 27-May-2013; Online first: 14-May-2013
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