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Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma
Maureen P Kohi1, Gabrielle A Rizzuto2, Nicholas Fidelman1
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Case Reports in Pathology
|October 24, 2015
Abstract:
This case demonstrates a rare event of retained invasive placenta masquerading as choriocarcinoma. The patient presented with heavy vaginal bleeding following vaginal delivery complicated by retained products of conception. Ultrasound and computed tomography demonstrated a vascular endometrial mass, invading the uterine wall and raising suspicion for choriocarcinoma. Hysterectomy revealed retained invasive placenta.

