What is the Difference Between Complete and Partial Mole

In a complete molar pregnancy, the placental tissue is abnormal and swollen and appears to form fluid-filled cysts. There's also no formation of fetal tissue. In a partial molar pregnancy, there may be normal placental tissue along with abnormally forming placental tissue.

1. How rare is a partial molar pregnancy?
2. Is a partial molar pregnancy a baby?
3. How soon can you detect a molar pregnancy?
4. How long can a partial molar pregnancy survive?
5. Why did I have a partial molar pregnancy?
6. How soon can I get pregnant after a partial molar pregnancy?
7. Do molar pregnancies have a heartbeat?
8. Is a partial molar pregnancy twins?
9. What are the chances of having a second partial molar pregnancy?
10. How high is hCG molar pregnancy?
11. Do you always bleed with a molar pregnancy?
12. How do they remove a molar pregnancy?

How rare is a partial molar pregnancy?

Partial molar pregnancy with a live fetus is a very rare condition, occurring in 0.005 to 0.01% of all pregnancies; it presents a challenging diagnosis, especially when clinical signs are almost completely absent.

Is a partial molar pregnancy a baby?

A partial molar pregnancy is a variation of a molar pregnancy, an abnormal pregnancy in which an embryo (the fertilized egg) either develops incompletely, or doesn't develop at all. Instead, a cluster of grape-like cysts (known as a hydatidiform mole) grows in the uterus.

How soon can you detect a molar pregnancy?

A molar pregnancy occurs when the tissue surrounding a fertilised egg develops abnormally. A range of symptoms may appear by the fourth month of pregnancy but often molar pregnancy is discovered when ultrasound scans are done in the first trimester of a pregnancy.

How long can a partial molar pregnancy survive?

In a partial molar pregnancy, a fetus develops but it will be abnormal and cannot survive. At most, the fetus might survive for around three months.

Why did I have a partial molar pregnancy?

In a partial or incomplete molar pregnancy, the mother's chromosomes remain but the father provides two sets of chromosomes. As a result, the embryo has 69 chromosomes instead of 46. This most often occurs when two sperm fertilize an egg, resulting in an extra copy of the father's genetic material.

How soon can I get pregnant after a partial molar pregnancy?

The risk of having another molar pregnancy is small (about 1 in 80). It's best not to try getting pregnant again until all your follow-up treatment has finished. For most women, this will take about 6 months.

Do molar pregnancies have a heartbeat?

Diagnosis. Most molar pregnancies are diagnosed in the first trimester. This condition may be discovered when a heartbeat does not become detectable by 12 weeks, but this can also be true of missed miscarriages.

Is a partial molar pregnancy twins?

A foetus with a partial mole may survive when it occurs in a dizygotic twin, with one foetus and the other oocyte giving rise to a partial diploid mole, however, a monozygotic twin with triploidy gives rise to a partial mole with an abnormal foetus (16).

What are the chances of having a second partial molar pregnancy?

Most women who have a molar pregnancy can go on to have a healthy pregnancy later. The risk of having another molar pregnancy is only about 1 to 2 in 100 women (1 to 2 percent).

How high is hCG molar pregnancy?

Hydatidiform moles are commonly associated with markedly elevated hCG levels above those of normal pregnancy. Approximately 50% of complete moles have pre-evacuation hCG levels > 100,000 mIU/mL.

Do you always bleed with a molar pregnancy?

Choriocarcinomas can cause persistent bleeding in the weeks or months after delivery, but this happens very rarely. (Most bleeding like this is not caused by a choriocarcinoma). Choriocarcinomas associated with molar pregnancies almost always follow complete moles rather than partial moles.

How do they remove a molar pregnancy?

Treatment

1. Dilation and curettage (D&C). To treat a molar pregnancy, your doctor will remove the molar tissue from your uterus with a procedure called dilation and curettage (D&C). ...
2. Hysterectomy. ...
3. HCG monitoring.