women s health issues
Molar Pregnancy
Prognosis for Molar Pregnancy
With treatment, many women are cured. The likelihood of cure depends on whether the molar pregnancy tissue has spread and other factors: If the molar pregnancy tissue has not spread: Virtually 100% If the molar pregnancy tissue has spread but is considered low risk: 90 to 95% If the choriocarcinoma has spread widely and is considered high risk: 60 to 80% Most women who have had a molar pregnancy can have children afterward and do not have a higher risk of a miscarriage, complications during pregnancy, or children with birth defects. Approximately 1 to 2% of women who have had a molar pregnancy have another one. So if women have had a molar pregnancy, ultrasonography is done early in subsequent pregnancies. If women have consecutive molar pregnancies, genetic testing is done. 