[Placenta percreta with bladder invasion. Case report]

Ginecol Obstet Mex. 2007 Sep;75(9):549-52.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a case of a 30-year-old woman, who had two previous caesarean sections, attended for the first time at 18 weeks of gestation. Pelvic ultrasonography and color Doppler imaging showed a placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder. A caesarean section was carried out at 27th week of gestation for preterm premature rupture of membranes. Placental tissue was firmly attached to the anterior surface of the bladder. A cesarean hysterectomy was performed with bilateral anterior internal iliac artery ligation before hysterectomy was finished. The bladder was repaired, leaving a suprapubic catheter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Placenta Accreta / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / etiology*
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / surgery