Hydatidiform mole in the era of COVID-19 pandemic. Is there an association?

Ahmed M Abbas; Omar A Ahmed; Asmaa S Shaltout

doi:10.1111/aji.13253

Hydatidiform mole in the era of COVID-19 pandemic. Is there an association?

Am J Reprod Immunol. 2020 Jul;84(1):e13253. doi: 10.1111/aji.13253. Epub 2020 May 5.

Authors

Ahmed M Abbas¹, Omar A Ahmed², Asmaa S Shaltout³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is considered a worldwide pandemic. COVID-19 patients had profound immune dysregulation so they could be susceptible for adverse pregnancy outcomes as hydatidiform mole. In this article, we tried to explain the link between hydatidiform mole and COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; hydatidiform mole; vesicular mole.