Placenta membranacea with placenta increta: a case report and literature review.

Greenberg, J A; Sorem, K A; Shifren, J L; Riley, L E · Obstet Gynecol · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The pregnancy of a patient with placenta membranacea associated with placenta increta and a live-born infant is described, and the literature covering placenta membranacea is reviewed. A total of 26 cases of placenta membranacea in the second and third trimesters have been reported. The condition appears to have an incidence of 1:20,000-40,000, and there have been 14 reported live births associated with this rare placental anomaly. Antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage were reported to complicate 83 and 50% of the cases, respectively. Approximately 30% of the cases involved some form of abnormal placental adherence.

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