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SUBMITTER: Tongsong T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3987232 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tongsong Theera T Khunamornpong Surapan S Sirikunalai Panarat P Jatavan Thanate T
BMJ case reports 20140410
The objective of this study was to illustrate a false-positive diagnosis of adherent placenta due to underlying adenomyosis. A 34-year-old woman was diagnosed for placenta previa totalis with adherent placenta at 33 weeks, based on the findings of loss of clear space or distinguishing outline separating the placenta and uterine wall, presence of intraplacental lacunae and densely atypical vessels in the lesion. Caesarean hysterectomy was performed at 35 weeks. Pathological findings revealed plac ...[more]