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Chapter 2 - Neoplasms (C00-D49)»Neoplasms of uncertain behavior, polycythemia vera and myelodysplastic syndromes (D37-D48)»Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of placenta (D39.2)

D39.2

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of placenta

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive3 drugs (2 approved, 1 experimental)

A uterine tumor derived from persistent gestational TROPHOBLASTS, most likely after a molar pregnancy (HYDATIDIFORM MOLE). Invasive hyadatiform mole develops in about 15% of patients after evacuation of a complete mole and less frequently after other types of gestation. It may perforate the MYOMETRIUM and erode uterine vessels causing hemorrhage.