Placental abruption and fetal demise secondary to placental metastases from unknown primary: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Although maternal malignancy is relatively common, maternal metastases to the products of conception remains a rare event. There is no available literature that describes the incidence of placental metastases as a cause of abruption and fetal death. importanc


METHODS
We present an unusual case of placental abruption and disseminated intravascular coagulation leading to fetal demise secondary to placental metastases of unknown origin.


CONCLUSIONS
In our case placental abruption likely resulted from metastases to the intervillous space.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. mazdak_mom@yahoo.com
Mazdak
M
Momeni
Jessica
J
Cantu
Amy E
AE
Young
D000037:Abruptio Placentae / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy