저자들은 본원 산부인과에서 50세이후의 폐경부인에서 발생한 포상기태 3례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 동시에 포상기태에 관한 문헌적 고찰을 하였다.

Hydatidiform mole after menopause, although rarely seen by the Obstetrician and Gynecologist, is a potentially dangerous condition in which often the outcome is unfavorable. It is an abnormal conceptus characterized grossly by vesicular swelling of the placental villi and the absence of an intact fetus or embryo. Three cases of Hydatidifrom mole after menopause are presented with a brief review of literatures.