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Molar Pregnancy | Prevention and Prognosis
Prevention
Although any woman who becomes pregnant is at risk of developing one of these unusual conditions, the risk appears to be higher in pregnant women under 20 and over 40.
The best way to prevent complications from invasive mole or choriocarcinoma is receiving routine prenatal care by a qualified health care professional, so the problem can be identified as soon call a professional.
Whenever you are pregnant, make sure you get proper prenatal care as soon as it enters the first trimester of pregnancy, in addition to regular checks. Tell your doctor about any bleeding, excessive vomiting or abdominal pain during pregnancy. If you have prolonged vaginal bleeding after childbirth, an abortion or a spontaneous abortion, contact your doctor for review. Read the rest of this entry »
Molar Pregnancy Treatment
The results of diagnostic tests will help determine a treatment plan. Treatment options often include surgery to remove the tumor. The more aggressive types of molar pregnancies may require chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. About 85% of hydatidiform moles can be treated without chemotherapy. Treatment may include:
- Dilation and suction curettage (D & C): This is a surgical procedure used to remove noncancerous hydatidiform moles. It expands the opening of the cervix and scraping (curettage) the lining of the uterus by suction to clean and with another instrument like a spoon.
- Removal of the uterus (hysterectomy): this is used rarely to treat hydatidiform moles and could perform this procedure if the woman does not want to get pregnant. Read the rest of this entry »
Molar Pregnancy Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Your doctor may suspect you have a molar pregnancy based on symptoms during or after pregnancy because your uterus is unusually large. Your doctor may suspect that you have a molar pregnancy if you have a high level of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a hormone that is measured in a routine pregnancy test. However, not all pregnancies with high levels of hCG are moles, and some molar pregnancies do not have high levels of hCG.
Ultrasonography of the pelvis typically can confirm the diagnosis of molar pregnancy. Ultrasound uses sound waves to show a picture of the contents inside the uterus. Read the rest of this entry »
Molar Pregnancy Symptoms
Hydatidiform moles can exaggerate the usual symptoms of pregnancy. Many of the symptoms are similar to those associated with spontaneous abortion, and most women with molar pregnancies at first believe it is a natural abortion. Invasive moles and choriocarcinomas can cause symptoms during or after pregnancy, and symptoms can develop after a hydatidiform mole removed.
The most common symptom is vaginal bleeding, especially between the 6th and 16th week of pregnancy. Another symptom is prolonged bleeding after childbirth. They may be small amounts of blood in vaginal discharge brown and watery. Sometimes, though not common, women dismiss the vagina tissue in clusters of grapes. Read the rest of this entry »
Molar Pregnancy
After a sperm fertilizes an egg, develops new tissue that normally form the fetus and placenta. A molar pregnancy, also known as gestational trophoblastic disease, occurs when the tissue that was supposed to be formed in the placenta grows abnormally and form a tumor that can spread beyond the womb or uterus.
In a pregnancy “complete molar” is not a normal fetal tissue. In a pregnancy “partial molar” fetal tissue develop around the molar tissue. These two conditions are not cancerous (malignant) and represent up to 80% of cases. There are three malignant forms of gestational trophoblastic disease, including invasive molar pregnancy, choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumors. Almost all molar pregnancies, even the cancerous type, can be cured. Read the rest of this entry »