Talk:Hydatidiform mole

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Isn't this normally spelt Hydatidiform?

You're right: 130,000 against 12,000 google results. I'll change it. JFW | T@lk 07:30, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Merge

Shouldn't this be merged with molar pregnancy? TacoDeposit 05:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I support the merge. --Arcadian 04:03, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Keep the article

Wipfeln 04:15, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Insufficient context

I came to this page as a fairly well-educated layman after reading about a molar pregnancy. After reading through it twice I still have only a vague sense of what this is. What is a mole, in this context? Is this a pregnancy? Apparently not, as it "mimics pregnancy." But the article then goes on to refer to trimesters and uterine growth.

I'm not sure what wikipedia policy is for articles such as this as far as their accesibility for the general population, but I left this page with more questions than answers.Armandtanzarian 21:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I am having some difficulty with understanding some of the explanations here. I need to know more about this... what is it? a condition? an infection? What part has the male partner played in all this? Is the male sperm an active ingredient in the split second of the start of the formation of this molar pregnancy? The male side of this has not been explained. Perhaps this means the male sperm has no effect whatsoever on the developement. Or perhaps the male sperm can do this again and again. What is the real long term prognosis for women? If you take all the molar pregnancies in one year and follow this up over twenty years, what is the survival rate? what happens to the women, do they become more susceptible to other illnesses or infections. I think the article is very good for the medical readers. For the others, well we are desperate to find out some of the implications in all of this.(Keith22840 08:31, 14 March 2007 (UTC))


The information here is inadequate and misleading. In my experience, moles are diagnosed well before the second trimester, usually by ultrasound or after a miscarriage. Although bleeding is a potential sign, it is not a common one and therefore not the signature means of diagnosing a mole. In most cases a miscarriage accompanied by high HCG levels or an ultrasound image showing the "cluster of grapes" indicative of a complete mole are the key signs of a potential molar pregnancy. Pathological examination after removal is the only definitive method of diagnosing a molar pregnancy. Treatment and monitoring periods vary depending on where the woman is being treated as well as whether there is regrowth of molar tissue or development of choriocarcinoma, but the standard is a 1-year period of monthly monitoring for women with complete moles and a 6-month waiting period for women with partial moles. Although scientifically speaking, a pregnancy that is or becomes molar is nonviable (and in the case of a complete mole a fetus never existed), the emotional impact of the loss for the woman will be as significant as any other form of miscarriage, and medical providers should be prepared to treat the mother and family members as people experiencing a loss in addition to facing the potential for cancer to develop. This particular Wikipedia entry lacks both sufficient information and a manner of expression that the average reader can comprehend, and it should be rewritten.
--24.110.242.191 23:11, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Jennifer Wood, founder, MyMolarPregnancy.com

Yes, the article needs a rewrite. For starters, I have removed the external links to support groups:

--Una Smith (talk) 15:50, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I rewrote the introduction and removed some repetitions and simplified some of the language. Hope it's more understandable now. AxelBoldt (talk) 23:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other fetuses?

Under "Natural history," the article says that a partial mole may occur with a fetus, but the fetus is always malformed and never viable. But the intro paragraph says that a mole may occur with a normal fetus, and the "Treatment" section says that treatment is more difficult when normal fetuses are present. Can normal, viable fetuses occur along with a mole of this type? Aardnavark (talk) 13:26, 2 June 2008 (UTC)