title: Complete hydatidiform mole coexisting with a live fetus.
abstract: Hydatidiform mole co-existing with a normal fetus is very rare. We report a case of a 36 year old woman Para 4+0 who presented with amenorrhoea of twenty four weeks duration, vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain and pre-eclampsia. Ultrasound examination revealed a hydatidiform mole coexisting with a normal living fetus. The patient underwent a caesarean section at twenty eight weeks for maternal distress due to unbearable abdominal pain. The baby died after seven days. Post operatively she had an eclamptic fit and developed oliguria and persistent trophoblastic disease which were all successfully treated.
authors.forename: Bamidele Uche
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Ezem
authors.forename: Chijioke
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Okeudo
authors.forename: Cornelius Ozobia
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Ukah
authors.forename: Uchechukwu Martin
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Anozie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery