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*Choriomnionitis - opaque/dull.
*Choriomnionitis - opaque/dull.
*Meconium - green.
*Meconium - green.
*Amnion nodosum.
*Amnion nodosum - yellow patches.
**[[AKA]] ''squamous metaplasia of amnion''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/amnion+nodosum http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/amnion+nodosum]. Accessed on: 18 November 2010.</ref>
**Assoc. with oligohydramnios.<ref>[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC042.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC042.html]</ref>
**Gross:
***Yellow patch or yellow nodules .


==Placental mass==
==Placental mass==
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*Squamous metaplasia.
*Squamous metaplasia.
*Chorioamnionitis - see ''infection'' section.
*Chorioamnionitis - see ''infection'' section.
==Amnion nodosum==
*[[AKA]] ''squamous metaplasia of amnion''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/amnion+nodosum http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/amnion+nodosum]. Accessed on: 18 November 2010.</ref>
===General===
*Associated with (long-standing) oligohydramnios.<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC042.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC042.html]. Accessed on: 12 January 2011.</ref>
===Gross===
*Yellow patch or yellow nodules.
Image: [http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=659 Amnion nodosum (webpathology.com)].
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Simple epithelium of amnion replaced by (non-keratinizing) stratified squamous epithelium.
Image: [http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=659&n=3 Amnion nodosum (webpathology.com)].


==Passage of meconium==
==Passage of meconium==
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