| Gestational trophoblastic disease Classification and external resources |
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| DiseasesDB | 2602 |
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| MedlinePlus | 001496 |
| eMedicine | med/866 |
| MeSH | D031901 |
Gestational trophoblastic disease is any type of abnormal proliferation of trophoblasts during pregnancy. The Diseases Database is a free Website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions Symptoms, and Medications. MedlinePlus, with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, is a website network containing Health information from the world's largest medical Library eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Trophoblasts (from Greek threphein: to feed and blastos: germinator are cells forming the outer layer of a Blastocyst, which provide nutrients Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female Types include:
- abnormal placenta, mostly due to abnormal fertilization
- hydatidiform mole (HM)
- frank malignant tumors of trophoblast
- invasive mole, choriocarcinoma (CCA)
- placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT)
- epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT)
- not true neoplasms, representing abnormally formed placentas
- exaggerated placenta site (EPS)
- placental site nodule (PSN)
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Treatment
Methotrexate and dactinomycin are among the chemotherapy drugs proposed for this condition. Molar pregnancy is an abnormal form of Pregnancy, characterized by the presence of a hydatidiform mole (or hydatid mole, mola hytadidosa Choriocarcinoma is a malignant and aggressive Cancer, usually of the Placenta. Actinomycin is any of a class of Polypeptide antibiotics isolated from soil Bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. [1]
Molar pregnancies may be considered benign melanoma.
See also
References
- ^ Abrão RA, de Andrade JM, Tiezzi DG, Marana HR, Dos Reis FJ, Clagnan WS (2007). Trophoblastic neoplasms are Neoplasms which derive from Trophoblastic tissue "Treatment for low-risk gestational trophoblastic disease: Comparison of single-agent methotrexate, dactinomycin and combination regimens". Gynecologic Oncology 108: 149. doi:. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. PMID 17931696.
External links
- Molar Pregnancy
- MyMolarPregnancy.com Information about molar pregnancy and choriocarcinoma.
- Pathology of molar pregnancy
- EVERYTHING ABOUT MOLA, is the second highest treatment center in the world
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