Placenta Increta Complicating a First Trimester Abortion: A Case Report.

Roh, Hyun Jin; Park, Sung Kyun; Hwang, Jong Yun; Cho, Hyun Jin; Lee, Song Hoon; Lee, Hyang Ah; Choi, Jung Won; Kim, Sung Hoon; Chae, Hee Dong; Kim, Chung Hoon; Kim, Gyu Rae; Kang, Byung Moon

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;47(9):1828-1832.
Published online September 1, 2004.

Placenta Increta Complicating a First Trimester Abortion: A Case Report.

Hyun Jin Roh, Sung Kyun Park, Jong Yun Hwang, Hyun Jin Cho, Song Hoon Lee, Hyang Ah Lee, Jung Won Choi, Sung Hoon Kim, Hee Dong Chae, Chung Hoon Kim, Gyu Rae Kim, Byung Moon Kang

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Placenta increta is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy and usually presented in the early postpartum period with hemorrhage during difficult placental removal. Placenta increta may also complicate first and early second-trimester pregnancy loss, causing profuse post- curettage hemorrhage. We have confirmed a case of placenta increta in which emergency hysterectomy was performed due to acute profuse vaginal bleeding following dilatation curretage during the first trimester pregnancy. So we present it with a brief review of the concerned literatures.

Key Words: Placenta increta, 1st trimester, Dilatation and currettage