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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Distinction of hydatidiform moles from nonmolar specimens and their subclassification as complete hydatidiform mole (CHM) versus partial hydatidiform mole (PHM) are important for clinical practice and investigational studies to refine ascertainment of risk of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease which differs among these entities. Immunohistochemical analysis of p57 expression, a paternally imprinted maternally expressed gene on 11p15.5, and molecular genotyping are useful for improving diagnosis. CHMs are characterized by androgenetic diploidy, with the loss of p57 expression owing to lack of maternal DNA. Loss of p57 expression distinguishes CHMs from both PHMs (diandric triploidy) and nonmolar specimens (biparental diploidy) which retain expression. In the process of evaluating molar specimens in our laboratory with p57 immunohistochemistry and molecular genotyping, we identified a morphologically typical androgenetic diploid CHM with aberrant diffuse p57 expression. Molecular genotyping by short tandem repeat markers and genome-wide copy number analysis by single nucleotide polymorphism array established androgenetic diploidy with retained maternal copies of chromosomes 6 and 11, with aberrant p57 expression attributable to the latter. This case, only the second reported to date, illustrates the value of combined traditional pathologic and ancillary molecular techniques for refined diagnosis of molar specimens. Specimens with morphologic features suggestive of CHM yet retaining p57 expression should be subjected to molecular genotyping to establish a definitive diagnosis because misclassification as PHM underestimates the risk of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease. We recommend use of p57 immunohistochemistry and molecular genotyping to evaluate all products of conception specimens for which there is any consideration of a diagnosis of hydatidiform mole. Genome-wide analysis has the potential to assist in localizing imprinted genes critical for determining the morphologic and behavioral phenotypes of hydatidiform moles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1532-0979
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1409-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Gene Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Hydatidiform Mole, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19542869-Uterine Neoplasms
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Complete hydatidiform mole with retained maternal chromosomes 6 and 11.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology , The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports