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==Hydatidiform moles==
==Hydatidiform moles==
===General===
===General===
*Significance: increased risk for choriocarcinoma (in complete moles).
*Non-neoplastic proliferation.
*Non-neoplastic proliferation.
*Significance: increased risk for choriocarcinoma (in complete moles).


Etymology:
Etymology:
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====Types====
====Types====
*Partial mole.
*Partial mole - see [[partial mole]].
**Triploid.
*Complete mole - see [[complete mole]].
**Choriocarcinoma extremely rare.
*Complete mole.
**Diploid or tetraploid.
**"Empty" egg fertilized, ergo paternal DNA.
**Risk for choriocarcinoma; memory device '''c'''omplete -> '''c'''horiocarcinoma.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
====Partial====
====Mole vs. normal====
Features:
*Moles have large [[chorionic villi]] with edema and abnormal blood vessels.<ref>URL: [http://pathologyoutlines.com/placenta.html#hydatgeneral http://pathologyoutlines.com/placenta.html#hydatgeneral].</ref>
*Scant trophoblastic proliferation.
**May form finger-like projections.
*Fetal tissue.
**Nucleated RBCs common.


====Complete====
Hydropic changes:
Features:
{| class="wikitable"
*Cisterns usu. well-developed.
| '''Entity'''
**Large empty areas within trophoblastic tissue.
| '''Villi (outline)'''
*Rarely nucleated [[RBC]]s.
| '''Blood vessels'''
*Canalicular (thin) blood vessels.
| '''Nucleated RBCs'''
| '''p57 staining'''
| '''Ploidy'''
| '''Image'''
|-
| Complete mole
| bizarre
| canalicular (thin walled) / few (???)
| rare
| -ve
| diploid / tetraploid
| ?
|-
| Partial mole
| jagged
| present
| common
| +ve
| triploid
| ?
|-
| Hydropic abortus
| smooth
| common
| common
| +ve
| diploid
| ?
|}


====Mole vs. normal====
*Moles have large [[chorionic villi]] with edema and abnormal blood vessels.<ref>URL: [http://pathologyoutlines.com/placenta.html#hydatgeneral http://pathologyoutlines.com/placenta.html#hydatgeneral].</ref>


===IHC===
===IHC===
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*Formal name: ''partial hydatidiform mole''.
*Formal name: ''partial hydatidiform mole''.


===Genetics===
===General===
Genetics:
*Polypoid - usually triploid (e.g. 69XXY).
*Polypoid - usually triploid (e.g. 69XXY).
Images: [http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/detail_list.php?cat1=12&cat2=86&cat3=795&cat4=3&stype=n]
Images: [http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/detail_list.php?cat1=12&cat2=86&cat3=795&cat4=3&stype=n]


===Histology===
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Abnormal chorionic villi.
*Abnormal chorionic villi.
**Villi too large (>0.1 mm ?).
**Villi too large (>0.1 mm ?).
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*Also known as ''classic mole''.
*Also known as ''classic mole''.


===Epidemiology===
===General===
*May precede [[choriocarcinoma]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD1111>{{Ref PBoD|1111}}</ref>
Epidemiology:
*May precede [[choriocarcinoma]]<ref name=Ref_PBoD1111>{{Ref PBoD|1111}}</ref> ~ 1-2% risk.


===Genetics===
Genetics:
*Diploid - most are 46XX.
*Diploid - most are 46XX.
*All male dervived, i.e. arise from DNA in sperm.
*Male derived, i.e. arise from DNA in sperm; empty egg fertilized.  


===Microscopy===
===Radiology===
*"Snowstorm" appearance on ultrasound.<ref>URL:[http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/9/589 http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/9/589]. Accessed on: 27 July 2010.</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*No normal villi.
*No normal villi.
*No fetal parts seen.
*No fetal parts seen.
**Very rarely nucleated [[RBC]]s.


Image:  
Image:  
*[http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70167-X Complete mole (pathconsultddx.com)].
*[http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70167-X Complete mole (pathconsultddx.com)].
===Radiology===
*"Snowstorm" appearance on ultrasound.<ref>URL:[http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/9/589 http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/9/589]. Accessed on: 27 July 2010.</ref>


==Placental site trophoblastic tumour==
==Placental site trophoblastic tumour==
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