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Complete Molar Pregnancy in Postmenopausal Woman

Authors: Ahmed Samy El-Agwany, Helmy Abdelsattar Rady, Hassan Mansour Hegab

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology | Issue 2/2017

Abstract

Gestational trophoblastic disease spectrum ranges from benign hydatidiform mole to trophoblastic malignancy (placental site trophoblastic tumor and choriocarcinoma). Benign gestational trophoblastic disease occurs in women of reproductive age and is extremely rare in postmenopausal women. We describe a case of complete vesicular mole in a 55-year-old postmenopausal woman complaining of postmenopausal bleeding. To our knowledge, our case represents one of the rare descriptions in the world literature of a benign complete hydatidiform mole in a postmenopausal woman.

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Title: Complete Molar Pregnancy in Postmenopausal Woman
Authors: Ahmed Samy El-Agwany
Helmy Abdelsattar Rady
Hassan Mansour Hegab
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0975-7651
Electronic ISSN: 0976-6952
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-016-0603-4

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