International Journal of Fertility and Sterility (Jan 2011)

Molar Pregnancy Presents as Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy

  • Fatemeh Davari Tanha,
  • Elham ShirAli,
  • Haleh Rahmanpour,
  • Fediey Haghollahi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 184 – 186

Abstract

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Hydatidiform moles are abnormal gestations characterized by the presence of hydropic changes affecting some or all of the placental villi. Hydatidiform moles arise as a result of the fertilization of an abnormal ovum. In this report, the patient was a 29 year old Asian woman who had induction of ovulation with letrozol. Since the majority of molar gestations arise within the uterine cavity thus the occurrence of a hydatidiform mole within ectopic gestational tissue is rare. It is important to differentiate a hydatidiform mole from a conventional ectopic pregnancy, particularly in infertile women who have a history of ovulation induction.

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