Coexistence of a viable foetus with a complete hydatidiform mole is a rare entity. Traditionally, termination of pregnancy was recommended because of severe maternal and foetal complications. Here we report a case of a 30 year old G2A1 at 27 weeks with a twin pregnancy with a complete hydatidiform mole and coexisting normal foetus who took home a healthy baby without any persistent trophoblasti...

AIM To quantify and compare decidual leucocyte subpopulations in complete and partial hydatidiform molar pregnancy with those in normal early pregnancy. METHODS Decidual leucocytes were characterised using an avidin-biotin technique and a panel of monoclonal antibodies in formalin fixed, paraffin embedded decidual tissues from 10 normal first trimester pregnancy terminations and from 13 parti...

BACKGROUND Despite well-described histopathologic criteria, the distinction of spontaneous abortion from hydatidiform mole and complete hydatidiform mole from partial hydatidiform mole remains a problem because of interobserver and intraobserver variability. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of two immunohistochemical markers in the differential diagnosis of subgroups of lesions o...

Hydatidiform mole (HM) is a premalignant proliferative trophoblastic disorder. Vaginal bleeding is the most common presenting symptom in women with HM. A 17-year-old nulliparous adolescent girl presented with progressive lower abdominal pain and pronounced nausea and vomiting of about a week’s duration. Her gestational age was 12 weeks and 4 days according to her last menstruation date. Pelvic ...

BACKGROUND Pregnancies affected by non-molar chromosomal abnormality may sometimes demonstrate abnormal chorionic villous morphology that is similar to partial hydatidiform mole. Determination of the underlying aetiology may be difficult in such cases. CASE PRESENTATION This report describes a case referred to the regional trophoblastic disease unit as a possible hydatidiform mole that demons...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the oxidative status and antioxidative status of plasma of patients with complete hydatidiform mole (CHM) and to compare these values with normal pregnancy. METHOD Thirty-eight patients with CHM and 31 healthy pregnant women were enrolled in the study. To determine the antioxidative status of plasma, total antioxidant potential (TAOP) was calcu...

or hyperemesis. Detailed Ultrasound examination with 4 MHZ transabdominal & 7 MHz endocavity transducers (Acuson-Aspen), revealed a normal fetus of 21 weeks with no congenital anomalies. But there was a large co existing intrauterine hypoechoic mass with multiple anechoic spaces, along the posterior wall. A small normal placenta was seen adjacent to the mass. A presumptive diagnosis of Hydatidi...

AIMS To investigate the pattern of telomerase activity in hydatidiform mole as compared with normal placenta and choriocarcinoma, and to determine the prognostic significance of telomerase activity in hydatidiform mole. METHODS Telomerase activity in 35 cases of hydatidiform mole, 35 normal placentas, one choriocarcinoma sample, and two choriocarcinoma cell lines (JAR, JEG3) was determined us...

tubal ectopic hydatidiform mole is an uncommon but very important complication of pregnancy. the clinical manifestation is the same as ectopic pregnancy and in all of the cases management was the same as tubal ectopic pregnancy. we present a case of tubal ectopic pregnancy that after laparotomy and salpingectomy, pathologic examination reported hydatidiform mole within ectopic gestational tissu...