What is Gestational Trophoblastic Disease?
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease is also called GTD. It is a group of diseases that begin when abnormal placental cells grow in the uterus after conception. GTD is always related to some part of pregnancy. It can develop from either from an abnormal, or molar, pregnancy or from a normal pregnancy. It is often the result of an abnormal joining of the sperm and egg. GTD grows from the trophoblast cells in the placenta. Because it does, it make the pregnancy hormone beta hCG. Most of the time women are believed to be pregnant before the diagnosis is made.
