Pathology of the Placenta. A Practical Guide

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Introduction: An Approach to Placental Pathology  (T. Yee Khong, Eoghan E. Mooney, Sanne J. Gordijn, Terry K. Morgan, Peter G. J. Nikkels)....Pages 3-8
 Placental Development with Expected Normal Gross and Microscopic Findings  (Amy Heerema-McKenney)....Pages 9-29
 Indications for Examining the Placenta  (Beata Hargitai, Tamas Marton, Amy Heerema-McKenney)....Pages 31-37
Front Matter ....Pages 39-39
 Gross Examination  (Cynthia Kaplan)....Pages 41-46
 Placental Weight, Shape and Gross Vascular Morphology  (Carolyn Salafia, Drucilla J. Roberts)....Pages 47-54
Front Matter ....Pages 55-55
 Infarction  (Brendan Fitzgerald)....Pages 57-65
 Intervillous Thrombosis  (Eric K. Morgen, Brendan Fitzgerald, Sarah Keating)....Pages 67-76
 Massive Perivillous Fibrinoid Deposition and Maternal Floor Infarct   (Philip J. Katzman, Linda M. Ernst, Irene B. Scheimberg)....Pages 77-82
 Retroplacental Haemorrhage and Marginal Haemorrhage  (Robert W. Bendon)....Pages 83-90
 Fetal Vascular Thrombosis  (Drucilla J. Roberts, Theonia K. Boyd, Peter Kelehan, Amy Heerema-McKenney)....Pages 91-95
 Extravillous Trophoblast Cyst  (T. Yee Khong)....Pages 97-99
Front Matter ....Pages 101-101
 Acute Chorioamnionitis  (Phillip Cox, Marta C. Cohen, Irene B. Scheimberg)....Pages 103-107
 Chorionic Plate Chronic Inflammatory Lesions Including Eosinophilic/T-Cell Chorionic Vasculitis  (Philip J. Katzman)....Pages 109-113
 Maturity Anomalies  (Gitta Turowski, Eoghan E. Mooney, Irene B. Scheimberg)....Pages 115-121
 Distal Villous Hypoplasia  (Peter G. J. Nikkels, Carmen A. H. Severens-Rijvers)....Pages 123-126
 Placental Mesenchymal Dysplasia  (Debra S. Heller)....Pages 127-130
 Increased Syncytial Knot Formation  (W. Tony Parks)....Pages 131-137
 Persistence of Cytotrophoblast  (T. Yee Khong)....Pages 139-141
 Mineralization of Trophoblast Basement Membrane  (Ilana Ariel, Karen Meir)....Pages 143-146
 Trophoblast and Stroma: Vacuolation—Inherited Disorder of Metabolism  (Margaret J. Evans, Glenn Anderson, Neil J. Sebire)....Pages 147-151
 Villous Oedema  (Peter Kelehan, Paul Downey)....Pages 153-155
 Extramedullary Haemopoiesis  (Luiz Cesar Peres)....Pages 157-159
 Intravillous Haemorrhage  (Karen Meir, Ilana Ariel)....Pages 161-162
 Hypervascularity  (Raymond W. Redline, Christina Bagby, Sanjita Ravishankar)....Pages 163-172
 Fetal Vascular Malperfusion  (Theonia K. Boyd, Drucilla J. Roberts, Amy Heerema-McKenney)....Pages 173-182
 Presence of Nucleated Red Blood Cells  (Marta C. Cohen, Theonia K. Boyd)....Pages 183-186
 Fetal Vessels: Malignancy  (Marie-Anne Bründler, Adrian K. Charles)....Pages 187-190
 Acute Villitis  (Adrian K. Charles)....Pages 191-193
 Chronic Villitis  (Chong Jai Kim, Jung-Sun Kim)....Pages 195-206
 Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis  (Eoghan E. Mooney)....Pages 207-211
 Intervillous Space: Infiltrates  (Adrian K. Charles, Marie-Anne Bründler)....Pages 213-219
 Pregnancy-Induced Uterine Vascular Remodelling and the Pathophysiology of Decidual Vasculopathy  (Terry K. Morgan, W. Tony Parks)....Pages 221-231
 Chronic Deciduitis  (Suzanne M. Jacques, Faisal Qureshi, Linda M. Ernst)....Pages 233-236
 Basal Plate Myometrial Fibres  (Linda M. Ernst, Suzanne M. Jacques, Faisal Qureshi)....Pages 237-241
 Basal Plate Laminar Necrosis  (Mirthe H. Schoots, T. Yee Khong)....Pages 243-245
 Retroplacental Haematoma/Haemorrhage  (Robert W. Bendon)....Pages 247-251
 Miscellaneous Lesions of the Villous Parenchyma  (M. Halit Pinar, Salwa Khedr)....Pages 253-258
Front Matter ....Pages 259-259
 Amniochorial Membrane Nodules  (Jerzy Stanek)....Pages 261-268
 Placental Changes in Amniotic Band Sequence, Extra-Amniotic and Extramembranous Pregnancy  (Eumenia Castro, Eileen McKay)....Pages 269-274
Front Matter ....Pages 275-275
 Amnion Transport: Histologic Features  (Robert W. Bendon)....Pages 277-280
 Choriodecidual Haemosiderin Staining  (T. Yee Khong, Jerzy Stanek)....Pages 281-284
 Laminar Necrosis, Membrane Chorionic Microcysts and Chorion Nodosum  (Jerzy Stanek)....Pages 285-293
 Decidual Vasculopathy  (Beverly B. Rogers, M. Halit Pinar)....Pages 295-299
 Acute Inflammation  (Phillip Cox, Marta C. Cohen, Irene B. Scheimberg)....Pages 301-305
 Chronic Inflammation  (Suzanne M. Jacques, Faisal Qureshi)....Pages 307-310
Front Matter ....Pages 311-311
 Umbilical Cord Length  (Rebecca N. Baergen)....Pages 313-316
 Umbilical Cord Coiling  (Peter G. J. Nikkels, Luiz Cesar Peres)....Pages 317-321
 Cord Knots and Pseudo-Knots  (Kenneth Tou En Chang, Sze Jet Aw)....Pages 323-325
 Umbilical Cord Tumours  (Kenneth Tou En Chang, Sze Jet Aw)....Pages 327-329
 Umbilical Cord Insertion Abnormalities  (Kenneth Tou En Chang, Sze Jet Aw)....Pages 331-335
 Embryonic Remnants and Pathology  (Margaret J. Evans)....Pages 337-340
 Single Umbilical Artery, Supernumerary Vessels, Segmental Thinning of the Umbilical Cord Vessels and Vascular Calcifications in Umbilical Vessels  (Margaret J. Evans)....Pages 341-346
 Umbilical Cord Ulcer  (Robert W. Bendon)....Pages 347-349
 Umbilical Vascular Myonecrosis  (Rebecca N. Baergen)....Pages 351-353
 Inflammation  (Suzanne M. Jacques, Faisal Qureshi)....Pages 355-358
Front Matter ....Pages 359-359
 Constellations of Pathology in the Placenta and How They Relate to Clinical Conditions  (Sanne J. Gordijn, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Eoghan E. Mooney, Theonia K. Boyd)....Pages 361-369
 The Placental Pathology Report  (Gitta Turowski, Susan Arbuckle, W. Tony Parks)....Pages 371-377
 Frontiers in Placental Pathology  (Terry K. Morgan)....Pages 379-382
Back Matter ....Pages 383-395