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There are separate articles for ''[[chorionic villi]]'' and ''[[gestational trophoblastic disease]]''.
There are separate articles for ''[[chorionic villi]]'' and ''[[gestational trophoblastic disease]]''.


==General==
=General=
====Clinical====
===Clinical===
*Therapeutic abortions - may be abbreviated "MVC" (manual vacuum aspiration).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Edelman A, Nichols MD, Jensen J |title=Comparison of pain and time of procedures with two first-trimester abortion techniques performed by residents and faculty |journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. |volume=184 |issue=7 |pages=1564-7 |year=2001 |month=June |pmid=11408881 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002937801372241}}</ref>
*Therapeutic abortions - may be abbreviated "MVC" (manual vacuum aspiration).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Edelman A, Nichols MD, Jensen J |title=Comparison of pain and time of procedures with two first-trimester abortion techniques performed by residents and faculty |journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. |volume=184 |issue=7 |pages=1564-7 |year=2001 |month=June |pmid=11408881 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002937801372241}}</ref>


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**If the beta-hCG is >1500 mIU/mL -- there is a good chance an ultrasound is diagnostic.<ref name=pmid10511363>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Barnhart | first1 = KT. | last2 = Simhan | first2 = H. | last3 = Kamelle | first3 = SA. | title = Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound above and below the beta-hCG discriminatory zone. | journal = Obstet Gynecol | volume = 94 | issue = 4 | pages = 583-7 | month = Oct | year = 1999 | doi =  | PMID = 10511363 }}</ref>
**If the beta-hCG is >1500 mIU/mL -- there is a good chance an ultrasound is diagnostic.<ref name=pmid10511363>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Barnhart | first1 = KT. | last2 = Simhan | first2 = H. | last3 = Kamelle | first3 = SA. | title = Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound above and below the beta-hCG discriminatory zone. | journal = Obstet Gynecol | volume = 94 | issue = 4 | pages = 583-7 | month = Oct | year = 1999 | doi =  | PMID = 10511363 }}</ref>


=====Screening tests=====
====Screening tests====
======First trimester screen======
=====First trimester screen=====
*PAPP-A.
*PAPP-A.
*Nuchal translucency.
*Nuchal translucency.
*Beta-hCG.
*Beta-hCG.


======Maternal serum screen======
=====Maternal serum screen=====
*Alpha-fetoprotein.
*Alpha-fetoprotein.
*Beta-hCG.
*Beta-hCG.
*Estriol.
*Estriol.


======Diagnostic tests======
=====Diagnostic tests=====
*Chorionic villus sampling (10-12 weeks???).
*Chorionic villus sampling (10-12 weeks???).
*Amniocentesis (15-16 weeks+).
*Amniocentesis (15-16 weeks+).
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Products_of_conception_-_low_mag.jpg Chorionic villi and fetal parts - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Products_of_conception_-_low_mag.jpg Chorionic villi and fetal parts - low mag. (WC)].


=Specific conditions=
==Arias-Stella reaction==
==Arias-Stella reaction==
===General===
===General===
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==See also==
=See also=
*[[Gynecologic pathology]].
*[[Gynecologic pathology]].
*[[Chorionic villi]].
*[[Chorionic villi]].
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*[[Pregnancy luteoma]].
*[[Pregnancy luteoma]].


==References==
=References=
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist|2}}


==External links==
=External links=
*[http://www.perinatology.com/calculators/Crown%20Rump%20and%20Nuchal%20Translucency.htm Crown-rump length calculator (perinatology.com)].
*[http://www.perinatology.com/calculators/Crown%20Rump%20and%20Nuchal%20Translucency.htm Crown-rump length calculator (perinatology.com)].


[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]]
[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
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