GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASIA

Course overview

GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE (GTD) INVOLVES BOTH BENIGN AND MALIGNANT ENTITIES THAT INCLUDE HYDATIDIFORM MOLE (COMPLETE AND PARTIAL), CHORIOCARCINOMA, INVASIVE MOLE, EPITHELIOID TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR (ETT) AND PLACENTAL SITE TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR (PSTT). THE LAST FOUR ARE KNOWN AS GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASIA (GTN); ALL CAN METASTASIZE AND CAN BE FATAL IF NOT TREATED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, EVALUATION, MANAGEMENT, AND COMPLICATIONS OF GTD IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, EMPHASIZING THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH GTD AND ITS RELATED CONDITIONS AND SEQUELAE.