Retained placenta accreta after a first-trimester abortion manifesting as an uterine mass.
10.5468/ogs.2013.56.3.205
- Author:
Soyi LIM
1
;
Seung Yeon HA
;
Kwang Beom LEE
;
Ji Sung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gil Medical School, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea. dongwook@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Placenta accrete;
Abortion;
Uterine neoplasm
- MeSH:
Endometrial Neoplasms;
Female;
Humans;
Menstruation;
Myoma;
Placenta Accreta;
Placenta, Retained;
Pregnancy;
Pregnancy Trimester, First;
Uterine Hemorrhage;
Uterine Neoplasms
- From:Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
2013;56(3):205-207
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Placenta accreta during the first trimester of pregnancy is rare. Only a few cases of placenta accreta manifesting as a uterine mass have been published. Most patients with placenta accreta present with vaginal bleeding during or after pregnancy. This report describes a patient with placenta accreta that caused vaginal bleeding three years after a first trimester abortion. The patient had regular menstruation for three years after the abortion. Initially endometrial cancer or a uterine myoma with degeneration was suspected. This is the first report of a placenta accreta detected as a uterine mass long after a first trimester abortion with delayed vaginal bleeding.
