Potential placenta previa: definition, frequency, and significance

Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.

Sixty-three (5%) of 1239 women studied by sonography during the second trimester of their pregnancies had a diagnosis of placenta previa. Follow-up was available for 51 of the 63 patients; in three of these, the original diagnosis was complete placenta previa, and in the other 48, the first diagnosis was partial or marginal placenta previa. At term, placenta previa was seen in only four patients for an overall frequency of 0.3% (4/1227). In all three of the patients with complete placenta previa, the condition persisted from the second trimester to term; previa persisted in only one of 48 patients with marginal/partial previa. Because of the infrequent persistence of marginal or partial placenta previa to term, we recommend using the term "potential placenta previa" in the second trimester, with follow-up sonography indicated only for vaginal bleeding.
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