TROPHOBLAST TUMOR
\tɹˈɒfəblˌast tjˈuːmə], \tɹˈɒfəblˌast tjˈuːmə], \t_ɹ_ˈɒ_f_ə_b_l_ˌa_s_t t_j_ˈuː_m_ə]\
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Trophoblastic growth, which may be gestational or nongestational in origin. Trophoblastic neoplasia resulting from pregnancy is often described as gestational trophoblastic disease to distinguish it from germ cell tumors which frequently show trophoblastic elements, and from the trophoblastic differentiation which sometimes occurs in a wide variety of epithelial cancers. Gestational trophoblastic growth has several forms, including HYDATIDIFORM MOLE and CHORIOCARCINOMA. (From Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1691)
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