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==Chorangioma==
==Chorangioma==
===General===
===General===
*Hemangioma ???
*[[Hamartoma]]-like growth in the placenta consisting of [[blood vessel]]s.<ref name=pmid20594143>{{cite journal |author=Amer HZ, Heller DS |title=Chorangioma and related vascular lesions of the placenta--a review |journal=Fetal Pediatr Pathol |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=199–206 |year=2010 |pmid=20594143 |doi=10.3109/15513815.2010.487009 |url=}}</ref>


===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
*Often benign.
*Often benign.
*May be assoc. with:
*May be association with:
**Fetal maternal haemorrhage.
**Fetal maternal haemorrhage.
**Hydrops.
**Hydrops.
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===Microscopy===
===Microscopy===
Features:
*Mass of capillaries.
*Mass of capillaries.


Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chorangioma_-_intermed_mag.jpg Chorangioma (WC)].


==Perivillous fibrin deposition==
==Perivillous fibrin deposition==
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