Placental chorioangioma is a benign non-trophoblastic tumor of the placenta that can have various adverse effects on the mother and fetus depending on its size. Chorioamniotic membrane separation is rare condition of detachment between the amniotic membrane and chorionic membrane. Chorioamniotic membrane separation after the second trimester of pregnancy is usually occurs after invasive procedu...

RATIONALE Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia is a group of rare tumors that can be cured using chemotherapy. The use of artificial contraception for at least 1 year is recommended not only due to the high recurrence rate in the first year after treatment, but also because of the unclear genetic toxic effects of multidrug regimen chemotherapy on reproductive cells. There is no consensus about t...

Gestational trophoblastic disease associated with ectopic pregnancy is a rare event and persistent trophoblastic disease is a well recognized complication of conservative surgical treatment for ectopic pregnancy but rarely secondary trophoblastic implantation may occur after salpingectomy. This is a case report of a rare and unusual presentation of persistent trophoblastic implantation followin...

BACKGROUND This study analysed subsequent pregnancy outcome in patients treated for persistent gestational trophoblastic tumour (GTT). METHODS Between 1974 and 1999, a total of 378 patients with GTT (83 patients with high-risk and 295 patients with low-risk GTT) were treated at Chiba University Hospital, Japan. Of these 378 patients, 363 (96.0%) achieved primary remission and 315 survivors ha...

estational trophoblastic disease includes following forms of growth disturbance of the human trophoblast: hydatiform mole, invasive mole, choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumors. Term gestational trophoblastic disease is applied to the letter three conditions. Diagnosis and decision to institute treatment are sometimes undertaken without histopathological finding. Gestational tr...

Purpose: The aim was to establish an official interdisciplinary guideline, published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG). The guideline was developed for use in German-speaking countries. In addition to the Germany Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the guideline has also been approved by the Swiss Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SGGG) and the Aust...

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular and invasive bacterium that has tropism to the placenta, and causes fetal morbidity and mortality in several mammalian species. While infection with L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii are known as important causes of abortion and reproductive failure in cattle, the pathogenesis of maternal-fetal listeriosis in this species is po...

Gestational trophoblastic disease is rarely associated with nephrotic syndrome. The most common renal complication in pregnant females is pre-eclamptic hypertensive nephropathy. Most cases have not been biopsied and thus the specific nature of renal involvement could not be ascertained. Only a few case reports exist in which gestational trophoblastic disease associated with nephrotic syndrome h...

The fetus is an allograft foreign to the mother by the hemizygous set of paternal alleles. In a randomly mating population the mother may be incompatible with the fetus at any locus and the chance of incompatibility is increased according to the number of alleles at that locus. The persistence of the normal human fetal allograft is a puzzle that continues to intrigue biologists. The immunobiolo...