Spontaneous Uterine Rupture with Fatal Hemoperitoneum due to Placenta Accreta Percreta

Abstract

Placenta accreta percreta is an unusual cause of hemoperitoneum. Less than 50 such cases have been reported in the English-language literature over the past 100 years. A 22-year-old pregnant multigravida woman who had spontaneous uterine rupture with exsanguination caused by this entity is described. She had abdominal pain and cardiovascular collapse and died without a premortem diagnosis.