title: Failed early medical abortion: beware of the uterine scar!--Case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To increase awareness of the possible existence of a morbidly adherent placenta in case of failed early medical abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of placenta increta which caused a massive haemorrhage during surgical aspiration following a failed medical abortion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women with a history of caesarean section, who do not respond to a medical regimen for early termination of pregnancy should undergo an ultrasound examination to establish whether this may be due to a placenta accreta, increta or percreta.
authors.affiliation: Pôle Gynécologie-Obstétrique et Reproduction, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Marseille Nord, Marseille, France. raha.shojai@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Raha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shojai
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roblin
authors.forename: Léon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boubli
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007436:Intrauterine Devices, Medicated / Q000009:adverse effects; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000628:therapy; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D016896:Treatment Outcome