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- This occurs when cancer affects the tissues that would otherwise form in pregnancy. This is not a viable pregnancy, but an abnormal one, because a fetus does not develop.
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- Excessive nausea and vomiting
- Uterine bleeding
- Grapelike clusters passing through the vagina
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- Uterus is larger than expected
for period of the pregnancy
- Enlarged cystic ovaries
- High Blood Pressure
may occur
- Symptoms of an overactive thyroid may occur (Palpitations,
nervousness, sweating, weight loss)
- Serum Beta -- hCG (hormone produced
during pregnancy called Human chorionic gonadotropin)
above 40,000 IU/mL
- Urine hCG above 100,000 units/24
hours
- Ultrasound
- Chest X-Ray to check for lung metastasis
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- Age below 18
- Age greater than 40
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- Suction removal of the Hydatidiform Mole
- Birth control after mole removal,
followed by tests of the Beta-hCG levels
- Another pregnancy should not be
attempted until hCG levels are negative for one year.
- Beta-blocker medications if Hyperthyroidism
occurs
- If cancer is present after the Mole removal:
- Chemotherapy
- Methotrexate for
less aggressive cancer
- Multi-drug regimen for more aggressive cancer
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Normal pregnancy Multiple birth pregnancy
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- This needs to be diagnosed promptly by your obstetrician. Also, many of the signs and symptoms can also be seen in a normal pregnancy, so the obstetrician needs to make the diagnosis.
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