RT  - European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
ID  - 10.12892/ejgo4161.2018
T1  - Invasive molar pregnancy mimicking choriocarcinoma. A case
A1  - C. Sofoudis
A1  - A. Tzivelopoulou
A1  - D. Fagrezos
A1  - C. Anastasiadis
A1  - A. Kavatha
A1  - E. Papamargaritis
A1  - A. Gerolymatos
K1  - Molar pregnancy; Trophoblastic disease; Choriocarcinoma.
YR  - 2018
SP  - 1012
AB  - <p>Molar pregnancy, also known as hydatidiform mole, represents a figuration of noncancerous (benign) tumor, originating from uterus. After the fertilization instead of a viable and well-growing pregnancy, there is an increasing and pathologic production of placental cysts. According to the completion of the cysts, molar pregnancy can be divided into a complete and an incomplete (partial) form. Molar pregnancy can be located inside the uterine cavity or can be invasive with malignant complications. A small percentage can be malignant transformed, undergoing gestational trophoblastic neoplasias (GNT). GNT are classified histologically into three distinct subgroubs: choriocarcinoma destruens (invasive mole), choriocarcinoma(CC), and the very rare placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT). The authors present a case of a 27 year-old female patient in the 2<sup>nd</sup> trimester of gestation successfully diagnosed and treated as invasive molar pregnancy.</p>