Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. ulrika.joneborg@karolinska.se
To describe the current clinical presentation of complete (CHM) and partial (PHM) hydatidiform mole in a Swedish setting.
A retrospective analysis of medical charts from 331 women with hydatidiform mole (HM) between 1991 and 2010 was performed. Demographics and clinical features were analyzed, and symptoms in women with CHM were compared to those from a historic group (1988 to 1993) from the New England Trophoblastic Disease Center.
In women with CHM, bleeding was more common than in women with PHM (57% vs. 41%, p