Placenta accreta spectrum
Valerie Bloomfield, Stacey Rogers, Nicholas Leyland
Abstract
In normal pregnancy, a blastocyst implants into the endometrium, and after delivery, the placenta detaches from the uterus. In placenta accreta spectrum, the placenta forms at a site of disruption between the endometrium and myometrium. Placental tissue implants onto the myometrium (accreta), into
Topics & Concepts
Placenta accretaMyometriumPlacentaEndometriumUterusObstetricsPregnancyMedicineGynecologyFetusBiologyInternal medicineGeneticsMaternal and fetal healthcarePregnancy and preeclampsia studiesGestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies