title: Spontaneous uterine rupture with fatal hemoperitoneum due to placenta accreta percreta: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Placenta accreta percreta is an unusual cause of hemoperitoneum. Less than 50 such cases have been reported in the English-language literature over the past 100 years. A 22-year-old pregnant multigravida woman who had spontaneous uterine rupture with exsanguination caused by this entity is described. She had abdominal pain and cardiovascular collapse and died without a premortem diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: deRoux
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Prendergast
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Adsay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000209:etiology*