Uteroplacental apoplexy is a rare but nonfatal complication of severe forms of 
placental abruption. It occurs when vascular damage within the placenta causes 
hemorrhaging that progresses to and infiltrates the wall of the uterus. It is a 
syndrome that can only be diagnosed by direct visualization or biopsy (or both). 
For this reason, its occurrence is perhaps underreported and underestimated in 
the literature. The subject of this report is a 24-year-old pregnant woman who 
had a placental abruption an in whom classic uteroplacental apoplexy was 
diagnosed at the time of her cesarean section.