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The Succenturiate Placenta

Philippe Jeanty, MD^*, Christinne Kirkpatrick, MD, Christinne Verhoogen, MD^* and Julien Struyven, MD

^* Departments of Radiology and
Gynecology, Free University of Brussels, Hòpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jeanty: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510.

Abstract

The succenturiate placenta is an accessory lobe of the placenta. Its recognition by obstetricians and sonologists is important because of the high post-partum risk associated with the retention of placental material and the possibility of catastrophic rupture of the connecting vessels during delivery.

Key Words: succenturiate placenta • prenatal diagnostic ultrasound