Case Report : Retained placenta accreta after a first-trimester abortion manifesting as an uterine mass

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...

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Published inObstetrics & gynecology science Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 205 - 207
Main Authors So Yi Lim, Seung Yeon Ha, Kwang Beom Lee, Ji Sung Lee
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 대한산부인과학회 15.05.2013
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Abortion
Placenta accrete
Uterine neoplasm
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:The Korean Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ISSN:2287-8572