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Twin Pregnancy with Complete Hydatidiform Mole and Co-existent Live Fetus

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A 14-week pregnant woman had a mixed echogenic mass of size 4x12 cm at placenta portion and normal fetus at ultrasound. The image of the mass was very similar to a huge subchorionic hematoma (SCH). The fetal chromosomes by amniocentesis were normal. The presumed diagnoses were huge SCH or twin pregnancy with complete hydatidiform mole and co-existent fetus (CHMCF). A male fetus weighing 760 g was delivered at 25 gestational weeks. The findings on the placental biopsy showed twin pregnancy with CHCMF. With ultrasound findings of this type, the possibility of a huge SCH and twin pregnancy with CHMCF should be considered.

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    So Young Seo & Hyun Jin Cho

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Seo, S.Y., Cho, H.J. Twin Pregnancy with Complete Hydatidiform Mole and Co-existent Live Fetus. J. Fetal Med. 3, 41–44 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40556-015-0070-y

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