Placenta increta

Placenta increta: Placenta that grows into muscle of uterus.
Placenta percreta: Placenta that penetrates muscle of uterus.
Placenta previa: low attachment of the placenta, covering or very close to the cervix.

Placenta increta - the placental tissues invade the muscle of the uterus.
Placenta percreta - the placental tissues go all the way into the uterine muscle and may break through (rupture).

Placenta Increta - A severe complication of pregnancy in which the placenta attaches itself too deep into the wall of the uterus and also involves the uterine muscles.

Successful Uterus-Preserving Surgery for Treatment of Chemotherapy-Resistant Placenta Increta.
Gynecol Obstet Invest, 69(2): 112-115. [Abstract] [Full-text] ...

I had placenta increta (placenta deeply grown into the uterus muscles) and my uterus had healed to my bladder after my last c-section. I lost five liters of blood and had to have a blood transfusion. I received 15 units of blood.

Premature rupture of membranes, placenta increta, and hysterectomy in a pregnancy following endometrial ablation
B D Hamar, E F Wolff, P H Kodaman and I Marcovici
J Perinatol 26: 135-137; doi:10.1038/sj.jp.7211442 ...

Placenta increta - The placenta attaches itself even more deeply into the muscle wall of uterus.
Placenta percreta - The placenta attaches itself and grows through the uterus, sometimes extending to nearby organs, such as the bladder.

Placenta accreta. The placenta adheres directly to the myometrium (muscular wall of the uterus)
Placenta increta. The placenta grows into the myometrium.
Placenta percreta. The placenta grows completely through the myometrium.

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This can be life threatening for both mother and her baby. when the placenta has abnormally attached or grown into the uterine wall (placenta accreta, placenta increta, or placenta percreta), bleeding can be severe enough to require a hysterectomy.

See also: Pregnancy, Uterus, Delivery, Placenta Accreta, Cesarean