Difference between revisions of "Gestational trophoblastic disease"

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===General===
===General===
*Benign.
*Benign.
*Intermediate trophoblast remnants from a previous gestation.<ref name=pmid19332926>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jacob | first1 = S. | last2 = Mohapatra | first2 = D. | title = Placental site nodule: a tumor-like trophoblastic lesion. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 240-1 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 19332926 | url = http://www.ijpmonline.org/text.asp?2009/52/2/240/48931 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:<ref name=pmid19332926/>
*Small collection of cells that look similar to decidua (mnemonic ''NEW''):
*Paucicellular with hyaline material scattered cells.
**Nucleus, central location.
*Variable cell population:
**Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
**Small-large cells.
**Well-defined cell borders.
**Clear to eosinophilic cytoplasm.
**+/-Multinucleation.
 
Notes:
*No mitotic activity.


Images:
Images:
*[http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/detail_list.php?cat1=12&cat3=1256&stype=d PSN (gfmer.ch)].
*[http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/detail_list.php?cat1=12&cat3=1256&stype=d PSN (gfmer.ch)] from Jacob and Mohapatra.<ref name=pmid19332926/>


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