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*Most placentas are ''not'' examined by a pathologist.
*Most placentas are ''not'' examined by a pathologist.


Indications for exam by a pathologist:
Some indications for exam by a pathologist:
*Abnormalities in the:
*Abnormalities in the:
*#Fetus:
*#Fetus:
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*#Placenta:
*#Placenta:
*#*Unusual gross characteristics.<ref name=pmid9518951>{{cite journal |author=Yetter JF |title=Examination of the placenta |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=1045–54 |year=1998 |month=March |pmid=9518951 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*#*Unusual gross characteristics.<ref name=pmid9518951>{{cite journal |author=Yetter JF |title=Examination of the placenta |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=1045–54 |year=1998 |month=March |pmid=9518951 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
A more detailed list is given by Hargitai et al.<ref name=pmid15280396>{{cite journal |author=Hargitai B, Marton T, Cox PM |title=Best practice no 178. Examination of the human placenta |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=57 |issue=8 |pages=785–92 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15280396 |pmc=1770400 |doi=10.1136/jcp.2003.014217 |url=}}</ref>


==Bleeding in late pregnancy==
==Bleeding in late pregnancy==
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