CV Lattes
ORCID
Abstract
Potentially life-threatening complications and maternal near miss events such as hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia with severe features, thyrotoxic crisis and respiratory failure may be associated with the late diagnosis of hydatidiform mole (HM). The hook effect, which produces a false negative pregnancy test despite high titers of serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), is a contributing fact…