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==Chronic deciduitis==
==Chronic deciduitis==
*[[AKA]] plasma cell deciduitis.
*[[AKA]] plasma cell deciduitis.
 
{{Main|Chronic deciduitis}}
===General===
*Associated with preterm labour.<ref name=pmid18171100>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Edmondson | first1 = N. | last2 = Bocking | first2 = A. | last3 = Machin | first3 = G. | last4 = Rizek | first4 = R. | last5 = Watson | first5 = C. | last6 = Keating | first6 = S. | title = The prevalence of chronic deciduitis in cases of preterm labor without clinical chorioamnionitis. | journal = Pediatr Dev Pathol | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 16-21 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.2350/07-04-0270.1 | PMID = 18171100 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid18171100/>
*Plasma cells within the decidua - '''key feature'''.
 
Notes:
*Decidua = maternal tissue.
*Khong ''et al.'' suggest it may be called with "abundant" lymphocytes without plasma cells.<ref name=pmid10746670>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Khong | first1 = TY. | last2 = Bendon | first2 = RW. | last3 = Qureshi | first3 = F. | last4 = Redline | first4 = RW. | last5 = Gould | first5 = S. | last6 = Stallmach | first6 = T. | last7 = Lipsett | first7 = J. | last8 = Staples | first8 = A. | title = Chronic deciduitis in the placental basal plate: definition and interobserver reliability. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 3 | pages = 292-5 | month = Mar | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10746670 }}</ref>
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Chronic_deciduitis_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Chronic deciduitis - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Chronic_deciduitis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Chronic deciduitis - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


=Placental infarction=
=Placental infarction=
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