title: Antepartum haemoperitoneum due to placenta increta. Case report.
abstract: A patient is described in whom a placenta increta led to a haemoperitoneum. The diagnosis, made by abdominal paracentesis, led to laparatomy and Caesarean hysterectomy at 31 weeks; the child survived. Delay in diagnosis of the haemoperitoneum was mainly due to difficulties in clinical assessment caused by an episode of premature labour and maternal psychiatric illness.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors