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**Placenta percreta - penetrates myometrium, into serosa, possibly bladder | **Placenta percreta - penetrates myometrium, into serosa, possibly bladder | ||
*Associated with [[Placental abruption]] | *Associated with [[Placental abruption]] | ||
===Risk factors=== | |||
*Prior C-section | |||
*Other uterine surgery | |||
* | *Low lying placenta | ||
*[[Placenta previa]] | |||
*Grand multiparity | |||
*Asherman syndrome | |||
==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 15 February 2017
Background
- Placenta accreta - superficial attachment to myometrium, uterus is possibly savable without hysterectomy
- Usually requires hysterectomy
- Placenta increta - invasion of myometrium
- Placenta percreta - penetrates myometrium, into serosa, possibly bladder
- Associated with Placental abruption
Risk factors
- Prior C-section
- Other uterine surgery
- Low lying placenta
- Placenta previa
- Grand multiparity
- Asherman syndrome
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy
The same abdominal pain differential as non-pregnant patients, plus:
<20 Weeks
- Ectopic pregnancy
- First trimester abortion
- Complete abortion
- Threatened abortion
- Inevitable abortion
- Incomplete abortion
- Missed abortion
- Septic abortion
- Round ligament stretching
- Incarcerated uterus
- Malposition of the uterus
>20 Weeks
- Labor/Preterm labor
- Placental abruption
- Placenta previa
- Vasa previa
- Uterine rupture
- Vaginal trauma
- HELLP syndrome
- Cholestasis of pregnancy
- Chorioamnionitis
- Incarcerated uterus
- Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
- Malposition of the uterus
- Placenta accreta
- Placenta increta
- Placenta percreta
Any time
- Hemorrhagic ovarian cyst
- Fibroid degeneration or torsion
- Ovarian torsion
- Constipation