title: Ultrasonography in extended placental retention and intra-uterine adhesions; a case report.
abstract: A case report of extended placental retention and subsequent intra-uterine adhesions is presented. Three months after a second trimester abortion, ultrasonography was used to confirm the diagnosis of placental retention and to guide emptying of the uterus when normal curettage had failed. Later ultrasonic guidance was also used in the application of an IUD for the treatment of intra-uterine adhesions.
authors.affiliation: II Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vartiainen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kajanoja
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ylöstalo
mesh_terms: D000027:Abortion, Incomplete / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology