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Placental localisation

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In cases of antepartum haemorrhage, ultrasonography is helpful in the diagnosis of placenta praevia.

Results must be interpreted with care because a low lying placenta found late in the second trimester may ascend following the formation of the lower segment of the uterus.

A large retroplacental clot may be visible in cases of abruptio placentae.


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