[Couvelaire uterus in puerperium. A case report].

Couvelaire uterus is rare in modern obstetrics, a state of the hematic infiltration uterine myometrium due to the formation of a massive hematoma retroplacental that can not be sold to the vaginal cavity through the cervical route. In all cases described in the present there is a history of placental abruption during labor or trauma, and drugs that affect the collapse of the uterus-placental circulation