Incidence of molar pregnancies at D. G. Khan Hospital,Dera Ghazi Khan

Aim: to determine the incidence of molar pregnancies at d. g. khan hospital,dera ghazi khan. methodology: this descriptive study was conducted at dera ghazi khan hospital,dera gahzi khan from march 2012 to december 2012. serum βhcg level and histopathological examination was performed. symptoms of all the patients were noted. results: total 52 cases were diagnosed to have gtd,with incidence of 2.4/1000 pregnancies,2.5/1000 deliveries and 2.6/1000 live births. mean age of patients was 21.6±2.9 years. majority of the patients belonged to age group 1520 years (51.9%). amenorrhea was the commonest symptom seen i.e. 51(98.1%) and majority (59.6%) of the patients had pre evacuation βhcg values between 1,00,00010,00,000 iu/l. patients with partial hydatidiform mole (phm) were 28(53.8%) and with complete hydatidiform mole (chm) were 23(44.2%). conclusion: most of the patients with molar pregnancy were present in 1520 years age group and amenorrhea was the most common symptom. majority of the patients had pre evacuation βhcg values between 1,00,00010,00,000 iu/l.