title: Partial hydatidiform mole with a coexistent live full-term fetus. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pool
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lebethe
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lancaster
mesh_terms: 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*