Diseases

Hydatidiform Mole

Trophoblastic hyperplasia associated with normal gestation, or molar pregnancy. It is characterized by the swelling of the CHORIONIC VILLI and elevated human CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN. Hydatidiform moles or molar pregnancy may be categorized as complete or partial based on their gross morphology, histopathology, and karyotype.

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Abstract

Trophoblastic hyperplasia associated with normal gestation, or molar pregnancy. It is characterized by the swelling of the CHORIONIC VILLI and elevated human CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN. Hydatidiform moles or molar pregnancy may be categorized as complete or partial based on their gross morphology, histopathology, and karyotype.

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23 entry terms
  • Hydatid Mole
  • Molar Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Molar
  • Hydatid Moles
  • Hydatidiform Moles
  • Molar Pregnancies
  • Mole, Hydatid
  • Mole, Hydatidiform
  • Moles, Hydatid
  • Moles, Hydatidiform
  • Pregnancies, Molar
  • Hydatidiform Mole, Complete
  • Hydatidiform Mole, Partial
  • Complete Hydatidiform Mole
  • Complete Hydatidiform Moles
  • Hydatidiform Moles, Complete
  • Hydatidiform Moles, Partial
  • Mole, Complete Hydatidiform
  • Mole, Partial Hydatidiform
  • Moles, Complete Hydatidiform
  • Moles, Partial Hydatidiform
  • Partial Hydatidiform Mole
  • Partial Hydatidiform Moles

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse with HYDATID CYST see ECHINOCOCCOSIS or specifics; coord IM with UTERINE NEOPLASMS (IM); check the tags FEMALE and PREGNANCY

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hydatidiform Mole. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006828
  2. Hydatidiform Mole. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar_pregnancy
  3. Hydatidiform Mole. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881855