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* Absent fetal movement during pregnancy
* Absent fetal movement during pregnancy
Rare signs and symptoms of GTD are:
Rare signs and symptoms of GTD are:
* [[headache]]
* [[Headache]]
* [[edema ]]of the hands and feet
* [[Edema ]]of the hands and feet
* abdominal or pelvic pain
* Abdominal or pelvic pain
* vaginal discharge
* Vaginal discharge
* overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) that causes:
* Overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) that causes:
:* [[Tachycardia]]
:* [[Tachycardia]]
:* warm skin
:* Warm skin
:* [[sweating]]
:* [[Sweating]]
:* shaking
:* Shaking
:* heat intolerance
:* Heat intolerance
:* [[fever]]
:* [[Fever]]
Late signs and symptoms
Late signs and symptoms
* [[Hemoptysis]]
* [[Hemoptysis]]
* dry cough
* Dry cough
* chest pain
* Chest pain
* trouble breathing
* Trouble breathing
* headache
* Headache
* [[dizziness]]
* [[Dizziness]]
* [[jaundice]]
* [[Jaundice]]
* paralysis
* Paralysis
* seizure
* Seizure
* dysarthria and dysphasia
* Dysarthria and dysphasia
* vision problems
* Vision problems
* lump in the vagina
* Lump in the vagina





Revision as of 18:49, 6 October 2015

Template:Choriocarcinoma Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]


Overview

History and Symptoms

symptoms of gestational trophoblastic disease

  • Vaginal bleeding
  • Swelling of the abdomen
  • With a hydatidiform mole, the abdomen and uterus may grow at a much faster rate than with a normal pregnancy
  • Nausea and vomiting or hyperemesis gravidarum
  • Passing of tissue resembling a “bunch of grapes” from the vagina
  • Absent fetal movement during pregnancy

Rare signs and symptoms of GTD are:

  • Headache
  • Edema of the hands and feet
  • Abdominal or pelvic pain
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) that causes:

Late signs and symptoms

  • Hemoptysis
  • Dry cough
  • Chest pain
  • Trouble breathing
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Jaundice
  • Paralysis
  • Seizure
  • Dysarthria and dysphasia
  • Vision problems
  • Lump in the vagina


References

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