Main description:

Pathology of the Human Placenta remains the authoritative text in the field and is respected and used by pathologists and obstetrician-gynecologists alike. This fifth edition reflects new advances in the field and includes 800 illustrations, 173 of them in color. The detailed index has been improved and the tables updated. Defined terms are highlighted in bold for easy identification, and further findings are discussed in small type throughout each chapter. Advances in genetics and molecular biology continue to make the study of the placenta one of vast diagnostic and legal importance.

Contents:

Preface.- Examination of the placenta.- Macroscopic features of the delivered placenta.- Microscopic survey.- Placental types.- Early development of the human placenta.- Basic structure of the villous trees.- Architecture of normal villous trees.- Characterization of the developmental stages.- Nonvillous parts and trophoblast invasion.- Involution of implantation site - retained placenta.- Anatomy and pathology of the placental membranes.- Anatomy and pathology of the umbilical cord and major fetal vessels.- Placental shape aberrations.- Histopathologic approach to villous alterations.- Classification of villous maldevelopment.- Erythroblastosis fetalis and hydrops fetalis.- Transplacental hemorrhage, cell transfer, trauma.- Fetal storage disorders.- Maternal diseases complicating pregnancy - diabetes - tumors - pre-eclampsia - lupus anticoagulant.- Infectious diseases.- Abortion, Placentas of trisomies, and immunological considerations of recurrent reproductive failure.- Molar pregnancies.- Trophoblastic neoplams.- Benign tumors, chorangiosis.- Multiple pregnancies.- Legal considerations.- Glossary.- Normative values and tables.- Index.