Resumen

BRICENO PEREZ, Carlos et al. Placenta percreta. Rev Obstet Ginecol Venez [online]. 2002, vol.62, n.4, pp.273-277. ISSN 0048-7732.

Placenta acreta is very uncommon. It varies between 1:500 and 1:93 000 deliveries. Placenta percreta is the less common type. It is important because complications may be fatals. Anterior uterine rupture is more frequent than posterior. In English literature, between 1899 and 1999, only less than 50 cases of hemoperitoneum were reported. In Venezuela, 6 percreta placentas had been described. This clinical note is a case report of percreta placenta with posterior uterine rupture, hemoperitoneum and epiploon invasion.

Palabras clave : Placenta; Percreta; Uterine rupture; Hemoperitoneum; Epiploon invasion.