Invasive molar pregnancy mimicking choriocarcinoma. A case.

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 sub-groubs: 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 2nd trimester of gestation successfully diagnosed and treated as invasive molar pregnancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]