Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

gestational trophoblastic tumor

Synonyms
Definitions

A group of interrelated trophoblastic diseases arising from pregnancy. They are commonly associated with hyperplasia of trophoblasts (trophoblast) and markedly elevated human chorionic gonadotropin. They include hydatidiform mole, invasive mole (hydatidiform mole, invasive), placental-site trophoblastic tumor (trophoblastIC TUMOR, placental site), and choriocarcinoma. These neoplasms have varying propensities for invasion and spread. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4330

Definition

A group of interrelated trophoblastic diseases arising from pregnancy. They are commonly associated with hyperplasia of trophoblasts (trophoblast) and markedly elevated human chorionic gonadotropin. They include hydatidiform mole, invasive mole (hydatidiform mole, invasive), placental-site trophoblastic tumor (trophoblastIC TUMOR, placental site), and choriocarcinoma. These neoplasms have varying propensities for invasion and spread. [MeSH]

label

RID4330

Preferred_name

gestational trophoblastic tumor

Preferred_name_German

Chorionkarzinom

prefixIRI

RID4330

UMLS_ID

C1135868

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID3957

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