Placenta Percreta Leading to Spontaneous Complete Uterine Rupture in the Second Trimester
- 13 September 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
- Vol. 65 (2), 81-83
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000108288
Abstract
A 30-year-old gravida 2 para 1 was admitted to hospital 2 years after cesarean section at 20 weeks' gestation with acute onset of abdominal pain and hypovolaemic shock. Emergency laparotomy revealed a uterine rupture located in the anterior uterine wall caused by a placenta percreta and supracervical hysterectomy was performed. This site of invasion and finally rupture was in projection of the previous lower-segment cesarean section. This report illustrates the dramatic consequences of abnormal placentation after prior uterine surgery, which can already occur early during pregnancy and prior to the onset of labour.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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