Difference between revisions of "Gestational trophoblastic disease"

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====Clinical====
====Clinical====
*Raised beta-hCG - but usually not has high as in choriocarcinoma.<ref name=pstt_pc>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6]. Accessed on: 23 September 2009.</ref>
*Raised beta-hCG - but usually not has high as in choriocarcinoma.<ref name=pstt_pc>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70463-6]. Accessed on: 23 September 2009.</ref>
*Derived from ''trophoblast'' - the stuff that forms the chorionic villi - remember: ''syncytiotrophoblasts'' (outer layer) and ''cytotrophoblasts'' (inner layer).
*Derived from ''intermediate trophoblast''.


====Epidemiology====
====Epidemiology====
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