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Preferred term

Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chorioadenoma
  • Chorioadenomas
  • Invasive Mole
  • Invasive Moles
  • Mole, Invasive
  • Moles, Invasive

Note

  • coord IM with UTERINE NEOPLASMS (IM); check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

Scope note

  • A uterine tumor derived from persistent gestational TROPHOBLASTS, most likely after a molar pregnancy (HYDATIDIFORM MOLE). Invasive hyadatiform mole develops in about 15% of patients after evacuation of a complete mole and less frequently after other types of gestation. It may perforate the MYOMETRIUM and erode uterine vessels causing hemorrhage.

History note

  • 94; was CHORIOADENOMA 1963-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002820

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