title: Placenta increta after first-trimester dilatation and curettage manifesting as an unusual uterine mass: magnetic resonance findings.
abstract: Placenta increta during the first trimester of pregnancy is extremely rare. Only a few cases of placenta accreta during the latter half of pregnancy manifesting as a uterine mass have been published. This report describes a case of placenta increta that caused prolonged bleeding after a first-trimester abortion, and was identified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a heterogeneous mass in the myometrium. This is the first report of a placenta increta detected as a uterine mass after first-trimester dilatation and curettage, and its MRI findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First