Difference between revisions of "Placenta"

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→‎Diseases of the placental attachment: fix sp., add risk factors, fix 'percreta'
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*Pathogenesis?
*Pathogenesis?
**It is suspected that it arises as there is defect in the endometrium/myometrium -- ''not'' deep trophoblastic invasion.<ref name=pmid18514815/>
**It is suspected that it arises as there is defect in the endometrium/myometrium -- ''not'' deep trophoblastic invasion.<ref name=pmid18514815/>
**Risk factors:<ref name=pmid23466142>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wortman | first1 = AC. | last2 = Alexander | first2 = JM. | title = Placenta accreta, increta, and percreta. | journal = Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 137-54 | month = Mar | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.ogc.2012.12.002 | PMID = 23466142 }}</ref>
***Placenta previa.
***Previous caesarian section.


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===Placenta increta===
===Placenta increta===
*Trophoblastic tissue entends into the myometrium.
*Trophoblastic tissue extends into the myometrium.


===Placenta increta===
===Placenta percreta===
*Trophoblastic tissue penetrates through the myometrium.
*Trophoblastic tissue penetrates through the myometrium.


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