title: Placenta membranacea with placenta increta: a case report and literature review.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sorem
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Shifren
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Riley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications