SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE UTERUS IN THE 2ND-TRIMESTER WITH PLACENTA PERCRETA

Authors
LADENDORF B SCHURMANN B CORTERIER H
Citation
B. Ladendorf et al., SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE UTERUS IN THE 2ND-TRIMESTER WITH PLACENTA PERCRETA, Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 58(2), 1998, pp. 127-128
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00165751
Volume
58
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
127 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-5751(1998)58:2<127:SROTUI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
This is a report on a case of acute abdominal pain caused by spontaneo us rupture of the uterus in a fifth gravid, nulliparous woman at 18 pl us 0 weeks of pregnancy. The rupture was caused by placenta percreta. This diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination. Conservative surgery could be performed. Placenta percreta is the most severe grad e of pathological implantation of the ovum and a very rare complicatio n of pregnancy.