Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), also called malignant gestational trophoblastic disease, is a rare group of diseases that causes tumors to grow in the uterus after an egg has been fertilized.

THERE is a high incidence of trophoblastic disease in Nigeria. Seventy-two patients with hydatidiform mole and 92 with malignant trophoblastic disease have been seen in the Department of ...

Molar pregnancy is a type of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). These are rare conditions in which tumors grow in your uterus during early pregnancy. They stem from abnormal changes in the ...

Arising from the putative chorionic-type intermediate trophoblast, epithelioid trophoblastic tumor is a recent addition to the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic diseases. Frequently ...

Placental site trophoblastic tumours (PSTTs) and epithelioid trophoblastic tumours (ETTs) are cancers that happen after pregnancy. They are extremely rare and are slow growing. What are placental site ...

We report on the clinical and histological features of five cases of epithelioid trophoblastic tumor, with an emphasis on its involvement of the uterine cervix. All five patients were of ...

Christine Schozer Farr, 34, works as a senior marketing manager at NBC News. Soon after her wedding, she became pregnant but miscarried, which happens in up to 20% of known pregnancies. Then, she ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a rare group of tumors that develop early in pregnancy. It occurs when abnormal cells grow in the "trophoblastic" tissue which typically surrounds the ...

In a case series of patients presenting between 1965 and 1975 at the New England Trophoblastic Disease Center, at a mean gestational age of 16.5 weeks, the frequency of excessive uterine size was ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a relatively rare but important group of benign and malignant disorders that affect women of child-bearing potential. Most cases are now diagnosed ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is the name for abnormal cells or tumours that grow from the tissue that forms in the womb during pregnancy. GTD is very rare. It can be non cancerous (benign) ...