title: Placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Placenta percreta is a rare obstetric complication causing life-threatening hemorrhage.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case of a woman with a placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder treated by cesarean hysterectomy and partial bladder resection is presented. Overall estimated blood loss was 11,130 ml, and 59 units of various blood products were transfused.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obstetricians and urologists should be aware of this rare condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan. takai@med.oita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eto
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mimata
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery