Partial hydatidiform mole with a coexistent live full-term fetus. A case report.
A patient with a partial hydatidiform mole, who had a coexistent normal fetus, is described. The pregnancy proceeded to term and ended in the spontaneous, vaginal delivery of a normal baby. The placenta showed areas of macroscopic cystic degeneration with the histological features of hydatidiform mole.
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Department of Anatomical Pathology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
Lebethe
S J
SJ
Lancaster
E J
EJ
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*