Placenta pathology
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.
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.
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
39 weeks of gestational age.
Procedure: Repeat C-section.
Gross: The umbilical cord measures 18 cm. in length with a diameter of 1 cm.
29-year-old female with PIH.
Gross: The placenta disc weighs 543 gm. and is serially sectioned. The cut surface reveals a focal maternal tan-white firm lesion measuring 2.5 cm.
29-year-old female with IUP @ 12 wks., beta hCG > 300,000, possible molar pregnancy.
Procedure: D & C
Micro: Sections show mixture of edematous villi similar to complete mole and relative normal
IUP @ 25 3/7 wks., hepatitis B+, repeat C-section.
Procedure: NSVD
Micro: Sections show a few scattered edematous villi with exaggeration of the normal lacunae that is often seen in immature in
