Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma
This case demonstrates a rare event of retained invasive placenta masquerading as choriocarcinoma. The patient presented with heavy vaginal bleeding following vaginal delivery complicated by retained products of conception. Ultrasound and computed tomography demonstrated a vascular endometrial mass,...
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| author | Maureen P. Kohi Gabrielle A. Rizzuto Nicholas Fidelman Jennifer Lucero Mari-Paule Thiet |
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| description | This case demonstrates a rare event of retained invasive placenta masquerading as choriocarcinoma. The patient presented with heavy vaginal bleeding following vaginal delivery complicated by retained products of conception. Ultrasound and computed tomography demonstrated a vascular endometrial mass, invading the uterine wall and raising suspicion for choriocarcinoma. Hysterectomy revealed retained invasive placenta. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-79422b87f4e149ad9a442629ac1cc5f82025-02-03T01:04:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2015-01-01201510.1155/2015/167986167986Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking ChoriocarcinomaMaureen P. Kohi0Gabrielle A. Rizzuto1Nicholas Fidelman2Jennifer Lucero3Mari-Paule Thiet4Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USAThis case demonstrates a rare event of retained invasive placenta masquerading as choriocarcinoma. The patient presented with heavy vaginal bleeding following vaginal delivery complicated by retained products of conception. Ultrasound and computed tomography demonstrated a vascular endometrial mass, invading the uterine wall and raising suspicion for choriocarcinoma. Hysterectomy revealed retained invasive placenta.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/167986 |
| spellingShingle | Maureen P. Kohi Gabrielle A. Rizzuto Nicholas Fidelman Jennifer Lucero Mari-Paule Thiet Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma |
| title_full | Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma |
| title_short | Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma |
| title_sort | retained placenta accreta mimicking choriocarcinoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/167986 |
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