A Dangerous Placental Attachment

Explore a case of a woman with prior C-sections who faces a severe Pregnancy complication involving abnormal placental invasion into the uterine wall.

Placenta increta


A 38-year-old woman with a history of three cesarean sections was admitted to the hospital in labor at 36 weeks of gestation. Following an emergency cesarean section, histopathological examination identified invasion of chorionic villi into but not through the myometrium. What is the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Placenta accreta
Placenta increta
Placenta percreta
Decidua
Choriocarcinoma

Cesarean section, Histopathology, Obstetric hemorrhage, Placenta accreta spectrum, Placenta increta

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