Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 38-45, March 2009

Prenatal Detection of Bladder Wall Involvement in Invasive Placentation with Sequential Two-dimensional and Adjunctive Three-dimensional Ultrasonography

  • Min-Min Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Hung Kuang University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Min-Min Chou, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Taichungkang Road, Section 3, Taichung 407, Taiwan
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  • Wei-Chi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeng-J Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Hung Kuang University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ya-Fang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Ting Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Esther Shih-Chu Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan

Accepted 26 March 2008.

Article Outline

Summary 

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic capability of sequential two-dimensional (2D) and adjunctive three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography (US) in identifying the location and extent of placental invasion of the bladder.

Materials and Methods

Forty-five patients at risk of placenta previa were examined sequentially with 2D US and then with a targeted scan of the region of interest with adjunctive 3D US to determine whether those patients suspected of having advanced invasive placentation by conventional ultrasonographic evidence had placental invasion of the bladder. The images were coded as positive, negative or indeterminate (equivocal) for bladder invasion. Follow-up postoperative outcomes were obtained.

Results

Seven of the 45 patients exhibited characteristic ultrasonographic findings for placenta increta/percreta. Among these seven patients with advanced invasive placentation, a targeted scan with adjunctive 3D US correctly provided additional corroborative information to the 2D US indeterminate diagnosis in patients who were found with variable degrees of bladder wall involvement at surgery.

Conclusion

3D US may be a useful adjunctive tool in refining 2D ultrasonographic techniques to identify the extent and degree of placental invasion of the bladder. The advantages of 3D US are: (1) a multiplanar image display allows viewing of sections from sagittal, coronal and axial planes at the same time, thereby more accurately determining the location and extent of placental invasion; (2) the viewing planes of the spatial angioarchitecture network can be arbitrarily manipulated to better delineate the aberrant vessels protruding into the bladder; (3) 3D reconstruction images can be clearly displayed by live 3D in a rotation mode for a better illustrative effect.

Key Words:  bladder , placenta previa , placentation , three-dimensional imaging , ultrasonography

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60033-4

doi:10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60033-4

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 38-45, March 2009

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