[Ultrasonic diagnosis of placenta percreta. Apropos of a case with hemorrhagic complication]

J Radiol. 1997 Apr;78(4):313-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Placenta percreta is a rare but severe disease, which is more and more frequent. The reported case shows that diagnosis can be made with B mode and color Doppler ultrasonography. Extension of high-vascularized placenta to the myometrium, abnormal placental-subplacental complex and vascular flow through the myometrium were suggestive of the diagnosis. Early diagnosis should decrease mortality and morbidity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Placenta Accreta / complications
  • Placenta Accreta / diagnostic imaging*
  • Placenta Accreta / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Ultrasonography
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Uterine Rupture / etiology