A REVIEW OF TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASES AT THE MEDICAL-SCHOOL OF DICLE UNIVERSITY

Gestational trophoblastic disease cases encountered in 88 pregnant wom en during a period between January 1985 and June 1992 were retrospecti vely studied. During the same period we had 6800 deliveries. The incid ence of gestational trophoblastic diseases was 12.9 per 1000 deliverie s. Of these cases 72 (81.8%) were diagnosed as hydatidiform mole and 1 6 (18.2%) were diagnosed as choriocarcinoma in histopathological inves tigations. The preferred method of treatment for cases of hydatidiform mole was termination with suction curettage and oxytocin perfusion. T rophoblastic diseases were common in women with five or more pregnanci es from rural areas and our incidence was higher when compared with si milar studies. Moreover, our patients had low socio-economic and poor educational status. All these factors seem to be etiologic reasons, be sides multiparity. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.