Clinical aspects and morphology of placenta increta and placenta percreta (two case examples)
Frankenberg, H.W.
Medizinische Klinik 74(20): 778-781
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8458 PMID: 440197 Document Number: 153301
The cases of a female patient with placenta increta and of another patient with placenta percreta and rupture of the uterus are presented. Both women were 41 years old, multiparae and had a history of multiple abortions as well as a Caesarean section. In both cases a Caesarean section, followed by a hysterectomy and supracervical amputation of the uterus respectively was done. Frequency, clinical aspects, histology and aetiology of the above described disorders of placentation are discussed.