A 0.23% incidence of benign Hydatidiform Mole, comparable with similar groups of patients is found at the Hospital Materno Infantil de San Bartolomé in Lima. Most of the 13 cases reported occurred in young to middle-age women, parous three or more, although 30% were first pregnancies. The most common symptoms were vaginal bleeding (100%), vomiting, softness (46.1 %) and excessive growth of the uterus (61.5%). Toxemic symptoms were present in only 23% of the women. Evacuation was accomplish by oxytocin followed by curettage in 53.7% of the cases. In the remaining ones hysterotomy was necessary and a 30.7% incidence of lutein cysts was detected. A low incidence of complications, absence of malign transformation and of maternal death are reported.

A 0.23% incidence of benign Hydatidiform Mole, comparable with similar groups of patients is found at the Hospital Materno Infantil de San Bartolomé in Lima. Most of the 13 cases reported occurred in young to middle-age women, parous three or more, although 30% were first pregnancies. The most common symptoms were vaginal bleeding (100%), vomiting, softness (46.1 %) and excessive growth of the uterus (61.5%). Toxemic symptoms were present in only 23% of the women. Evacuation was accomplish by oxytocin followed by curettage in 53.7% of the cases. In the remaining ones hysterotomy was necessary and a 30.7% incidence of lutein cysts was detected. A low incidence of complications, absence of malign transformation and of maternal death are reported.

Clinical and histological evaluation was made in 109 patients under a mestranol-chlormadinone  combination for 2-3 cycles. 42 were private patients (62 cycles) and 67 were hospital patients (198 cycles). There were no clinical or other differences between the two groups. 1.5 % of the patients presented headache and nervous tension and 1.15 % had nausea as the only gastrointestinal complaint. Cycle duration was 26-30 days with no alteration in the length of menstruation although 5% of the cases had hypomenorrhea  B.B.T. curves were 100% monophasic. The endometrial biopsies taken the day following suspension of the tablets were 93.75 % of inicial secretory type and 6.25 % of late proliferative type. Colpo cytology from last day of medication or the day following suspension was compatible with days 16-24 of the normal cycle in 63.89 % of the cases and with days 10-14 in 36.11 % of them. F...

Clinical and histological evaluation was made in 109 patients under a mestranol-chlormadinone  combination for 2-3 cycles. 42 were private patients (62 cycles) and 67 were hospital patients (198 cycles). There were no clinical or other differences between the two groups. 1.5 % of the patients presented headache and nervous tension and 1.15 % had nausea as the only gastrointestinal complaint. Cycle duration was 26-30 days with no alteration in the length of menstruation although 5% of the cases had hypomenorrhea  B.B.T. curves were 100% monophasic. The endometrial biopsies taken the day following suspension of the tablets were 93.75 % of inicial secretory type and 6.25 % of late proliferative type. Colpo cytology from last day of medication or the day following suspension was compatible with days 16-24 of the normal cycle in 63.89 % of the cases and with days 10-14 in 36.11 % of them. F...