Benign hydatidiform mole in Benghazi, Libya

ABSTRACT

A statistical review of 65 cases of hydatidiform mole [HM] seen at Al Jamahiria Hospital, Benghazi, from January 1979 to December 1980 is presented. During that period there were 32722 Deliveries and 6217 abortions managed in the same hospital. The hospital incidence of HM was 1 600 pregnancies and the condition was seen most commonly in young women and those near the end of their reproductive years. There was no correlation between HM and parity or previous abortions. Management of the condition generally was conservative because of the interest of our patients to have big families. Subsequent pregnancies in some patients followed within 6 months of treatment