Rotura de vasa previa: a propósito de un caso

vasa previa is a rarely condition in which, aberrant blood vessels coming from the placenta or the umbilical cord, cross the entrance of the childbirth channel before presentation. it happens in 1:3000 births, with a high perinatal mortality. a case of a 38 years-old multigravida is reported who entered to the hospital with diagnostic of third trimester genital bleeding. cesarean section was performed obtaining a term female alive newborn with 8 points from apgar scale at the first minute. as discovery of the intervention it highlights normal-insert and fundical placenta with vasa previa rupture. mother and newborn were housed jointly in maternity room with a successful evolution. it concludes that a diagnosis and an opportune behavior, they will give place to satisfactory results, being able to diminish the mortality notably for this strange but equally lethal clinical entity.