Figure modified from: Carr, BR, The maternal-fetal-placental unit. In: Becker KL,ed. Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 3rd ed. LippincottWilliams & Wilkins, Philadelphia. 2001: 1061.
DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS
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ECTOPIC IMPLANTATION
Moore & Persaud: The developing human- Clinically oriented embryology
PLACENTA PREVIA & PLACENTA ACCRETA
Moore & Persaud: The developing human- Clinically oriented embryology
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MECHANICAL PROBLEMSMECHANICAL PROBLEMS
CORD KNOTS & TWISTS
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CORD: VELAMENTOUS INSERTION
Kaplan: Color atlas of gross placental pathology.
ABNORMAL MEMBRANE ATTACHMENT
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MEMBRANE RUPTURE: AMPUTATIONS
INFLAMMATION: CHORIOAMNIONITIS
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Acute Funisitis
Candida Funisitis
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Candida Funisitis
Normal membranes
Decidua
Chorion
Amnion
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Acute chorioamnionitis
Meconium
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Acute villitis Acute intervillositis.
Placental infection: Listeria
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Listeriosis
Placental MicroabscessesVillous necrosisHeavy growth of Listeria in postmortem cultures