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Hydatidiform Mole & Choriocarcinoma Support
Web: www.hmole-chorio.org.uk
In the UK mole pregnancies occur at approximately 1 per 1000 registered births. It is known that the pregnancy goes wrong at the time of fertilisation of the egg by the sperm, but we don't yet know why this happens. There are two types of mole. It can be a "complete mole" in which there is no foetus at any time. Instead the placenta grows as a series of cysts which look rather like grapes (hydatid means watery cyst). It can also be a "partial mole" in which there is evidence of a foetus although it cannot survive.
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