Expectant Management of a Triploid Partial Molar Pregnancy at 26 Weeks' Gestation: A Case Report

Karen Wong; Mohannad Ali; Marc Stalder; Brigitte Bonin; Darine El-Chaâr

doi:10.1055/a-2299-4409

American Journal of Perinatology Reports (Apr 2024)

Expectant Management of a Triploid Partial Molar Pregnancy at 26 Weeks' Gestation: A Case Report

Karen Wong,
Mohannad Ali,
Marc Stalder,
Brigitte Bonin,
Darine El-Chaâr

Affiliations

Karen Wong: ORCiD; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mohannad Ali: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Marc Stalder: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Brigitte Bonin: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Darine El-Chaâr: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2299-4409
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 02
pp. e124 – e128

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Introduction Triploid partial molar pregnancies are not viable, and confer maternal risks including preeclampsia, hemorrhage, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, and trophoblastic embolization. We report a case managed expectantly until 26 weeks' gestation in a patient requesting continuation of pregnancy.

Published in American Journal of Perinatology Reports

ISSN: 2157-6998 (Print); 2157-7005 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00000169

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