A Case of Placenta Increta Presenting as Delayed Postabortal Hemorrhage.

Kim, Min Joung; Kwen, In; Kim, Jen A; Hur, Soo Young; Kim, Sa Jin; Kim, Eun Joung

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 48(3); 2005 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2005;48(3):755-759.
Published online March 1, 2005.

A Case of Placenta Increta Presenting as Delayed Postabortal Hemorrhage.

Min Joung Kim, In Kwen, Jen A Kim, Soo Young Hur, Sa Jin Kim, Eun Joung Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea. hursy@catholic.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Placenta increta is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy characterized by invasion of placenta villi into the underlying myometrium. Usually, presentation is in the early postpartum period with hemorrhage during difficult placental removal. Although placenta increta may complicate first and early second-trimester pregnancy loss, this lesion is rarely found, whose diagnosis can be very difficult during these trimester. We had experienced a case of placenta increta which was found about 14 days after dilatation and curettage (D and C) due to missed abortion at private obstetrics' clinic and report this with brief reviewed the literatures.

Key Words: Placenta increta, First trimester, D and C