Difference between revisions of "Placenta"

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*Acellular eosinophilic material around formed villi.
*Acellular eosinophilic material around formed villi.
**Obliteration of intervillous space.
**Obliteration of intervillous space.
=Fetal disease=
==Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy==
*May cause IUGR.
*Associated with cerebral palsy and common in perinatal deaths.<ref name=pmid10414494>{{cite journal |author=Kraus FT, Acheen VI |title=Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy in the placenta: cerebral thrombi and infarcts, coagulopathies, and cerebral palsy |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=759–69 |year=1999 |month=July |pmid=10414494 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Thrombus in the fetal vasculature +/- recanalization.
**Eosinophilic (light pink on H&E), moderately granular intravascular material (fibrin) with layering.
Images:
*[http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254/F8.large.jpg FTV (bmj.com)].<ref>URL: [http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254.abstract http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254.abstract]. Accessed on: 12 January 2011.</ref>


=Maternal disease=
=Maternal disease=
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