Placenta accreta spectrum: imaging and diagnosis
- Published on 01/10/2025
- Reading time: 7 min.
Alice Self BMBCh, MRCOG ST6 Trainee 1, Angelo Cavallaro MD O&G Specialist, Consultant in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine 2, Sally L. Collins BSc, BMBCh, DPhil, FRCOG Consultant Obstetrician and PAS Lead 3,4
1
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals
Apley Castle
Telford
TF1 6TF
UK
2
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
UK
3
Birmingham Women's Hospital
Birmingham
UK
4
Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health
University of Oxford
Oxford
UK
Abstract
Key content
- Antenatal imaging is a screening tool integral to ensuring women are cared for in the most appropriate setting.
- The pretest probability of PAS should be considered before any imaging is performed.
- PAS is an iatrogenic disease. Any process which disrupts the endometrium increases the risk. Caesarean birth is the most common cause.
- Specialist placental assessment in asymptomatic women should be offered between 24 and 28 weeks.
- Ultrasound...
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