title: Retained placenta accreta after a first-trimester abortion manifesting as an uterine mass.
abstract: Placenta accreta during the first trimester of pregnancy is rare. Only a few cases of placenta accreta manifesting as a uterine mass have been published. Most patients with placenta accreta present with vaginal bleeding during or after pregnancy. This report describes a patient with placenta accreta that caused vaginal bleeding three years after a first trimester abortion. The patient had regular menstruation for three years after the abortion. Initially endometrial cancer or a uterine myoma with degeneration was suspected. This is the first report of a placenta accreta detected as a uterine mass long after a first trimester abortion with delayed vaginal bleeding.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gil Medical School, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.
authors: Soyi
authors: S
authors: Lim
authors: Seung-Yeon
authors: SY
authors: Ha
authors: Kwang-Beom
authors: KB
authors: Lee
authors: Ji-Sung
authors: JS
authors: Lee
keywords: Abortion; Placenta accrete; Uterine neoplasm