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Complete hydatidiform mole with coexistent live fetus in dichorionic twin gestation

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Case report

A 28-year-old patient gravida 3, para 2 was admitted at 16 weeks’ gestation with the diagnosis of complete hydatidiform mole with coexistent live fetus (CHMCF) in dichorionic twin gestation. The βHCG level was 530,000 mIU/ml. The pregnancy was terminated by hysterotomy.

Outcome

Histopathologic analysis revealed a hydatidiform mole and a 17-week-old male fetus attached to the normal looking placenta by a double-vesseled cord. A final karyotype on cord blood samples confirmed normal 46 XY. Weekly performed serial βHCG values showed declining trend and were undetectable by 10 weeks post delivery.

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  1. Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Education and Research Hospital, Köftüncü sokak, Kocatürk sitesi, A Blok D:6 Acibadem, Istanbul, Turkey

    Cemalettin Özarpacı, Serap Yaltı, Birgül Gürbüz, Şirin Ceylan & Yasemin Çakar

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Özarpacı, C., Yaltı, S., Gürbüz, B. et al. Complete hydatidiform mole with coexistent live fetus in dichorionic twin gestation. Arch Gynecol Obstet 271, 271–274 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-004-0642-x

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