title: Placenta previa percreta with bladder invasion presenting as incarcerated hernia.
abstract: Placenta percreta is a rare complication of pregnancy in which the chorionic villi penetrate through the myometrium causing uterine rupture and life-threatening hemorrhage. Bladder invasion by the villi is unusual and may be associated with hematuria and low abdominal pain during midterm pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Ferrara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010923:Placenta Previa / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*