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

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 that caused vaginal bleeding three years after a first trimester abortion. The patient had regul...

Placenta Percreta Resulting in Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion in First Trimester

Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma

This case demonstrates a rare event of retained invasive placenta masquerading as choriocarcinoma. The patient presented with heavy vaginal bleeding following vaginal delivery complicated by retained products of conception. Ultrasound and computed tomography demonstrated a vascular endometrial mass, invading the uterine wall and raising suspicion for choriocarcinoma. Hysterectomy revealed retai...

Comment on “Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma”

We read the presented case of retained invasive placenta mimicked gestational choriocarcinoma (GCC)with an enthusiasm [1]. We thought if this is a case of GCC, which sign should be the leading sign. The clinical diagnosis ofGCC is challenging inmost of the cases. The predominant symptom is abnormal vaginal bleeding. Serum human chorionic gonadotropin beta (β-hCG) measurement and doppler ultraso...

Uterine Sparing Techniques in Placenta Accreta

Although hysterectomy in this situation is a life saving procedure but it has major complications like injury to the ureters, bladder, bowel, or neurovascular structures, and permanent loss of fertility with its psychological insult. Placenta accreta accounts for (38%) of peripartum hysterectomy [3]. Maternal mortality may occur despite adequate planning, disciplinary management and transfusion...