MOLAR PREGNANCY IN A 60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

Molar pregnancy has not been reported in women past the age of 57 in t he English literature. This report reviews a 60-year-old woman who pre sented with irregular bleeding and was diagnosed as having a complete hydatidiform mole. The patient underwent hysterectomy and had spontane ous return of her human chorionic gonadotsopin levels to normal. Diagn osis in this age group depends on a high level of suspicion, and hyste rectomy should be considered due to the high risk of postmolar gestati onal trophoblastic tumor after suction uterine evacuation. (C) 1997 In ternational Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.