Placenta pathology
30-year-old female with IUP @ 33 2/7 wks., PIH, S/P primary C-section.
Procedure: NSVD.
Gross: A placenta disc with attached ruptured fetal membrane and umbilical cord.
20-year-old female with IUP at 33 5/7 weeks and premature rupture of membrane.
Procedure: NSVD.
Gross: A placenta disc with attached ruptured fetal membrane and umbilical cord.
35-year-old female with active bleeding and DIC after repeat C-section.
Procedure: Exploratory laparotomy and supracervical hysterectomy.
Micro: Sections through the dilated gravid uterine wall
30-year-old female with placenta accreta/percreta and repeat C-section.
Procedure: Total abdominal hysterectomy.
Gross: The specimen consists of an enlarged dilated gravid uterus containing plac
27-year-old woman with gestational diabetes and IUP at 39 3/7 wks.
Gross: Placenta disc with attached fetal membrane and umbilical cord.
Micro: Sections show mature placenta tissue with patchy
25-year-old female with missed abortion.
Procedure: D & C.
Micro: Section shows focal, unusual, decidual changes in endometrial epithelium that consist of intraluminal budding, nuclear enlargem
32-year-old female with gestational age of 38 5/7 weeks, intrauterine fetal demise, and primary C-section.
Gross: The maternal side of disc has a tan-white maternal firm area measuring 13.5 x 3.5 c
