Placenta Percreta in First Trimester Leading to Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy (DIC): A Rare Case Report
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Dr. Charu Lata Bansal,
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Placenta percreta is the most severe form of abnormal placental attachment. It is a variant of placenta accreta in which chorionic villi penetrate the entire thickness of the myometrium through the uterine serosa and may involve the adjacent structures. Literature review shows very few cases encountered during the first trimester of pregnancy. A-20-year-old woman with previous one cesarean section presented with continuous vaginal bleeding beginning after incomplete abortion at seven weeks and six days period of gestation for which she underwent dilatation and curettage. MRI revealed irregular heterogeneous signal intensity mass with large area of hemorrhage in lower anterior wall extending towards the endometrial cavity suggestive of morbid adherent placenta. Following continuous bleeding after repeated curettage for retained, adherent placenta her coagulation profile got deranged and DIC developed. Correction of coagulopathy and emergency hysterectomy as a life saving measure for placenta percreta was done in our case.
Dilatation and curettage, Hysterectomy
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/9338.5794
Date of Submission: Mar 26, 2014
Date of Peer Review: Feb 08, 2015
Date of Acceptance: Feb 16, 2015
Date of Publishing: Apr 01, 2015
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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