Benirschke's Pathology of the Human Placenta

Rebecca N. Baergen, MDProfessor of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineChief of Obstetric and Perinatal PathologyNew York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell MedicineDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineNew York, NYUSAGraham J. Burton, MD, DScProfessor EmeritusCentre for Trophoblast ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridge, UKCynthia G. Kaplan, MDProfessor Emeritus of PathologyState University of New YorkStony Brook, NYUSA

• Examination of the Placenta.- Macroscopic Features of the Delivered Placenta.- Microscopic Survey.- Placental Types.- Early Development of the Human Placenta.- Basic Structure of a Placental Villus.- Architecture of the Villous Trees.- The Placental Bed.- The Placental Circulations.- The Chorionic and Basal Plates.- Approach to Histologic Examination of the Placenta.- Abortion and Chromosomal Anomalies.- Abnormalities in Implantation.- The Placenta Accreta Spectrum.- Anatomy and Pathology of the Placental Membranes.- Anatomy and Pathology of the Umbilical Cord.- Placental Shape Aberrations.- Multiple Pregnancies.- Maternal Vascular Malperfusion and Associated Maternal Diseases.- Maternal Diabetes and Obesity.- Other Maternal Disorders Complicating Pregnancy.- Fetal Vascular Malperfusion.- Erythroblastosis Fetalis, Hydrops Fetalis and Transplacental Hemorrhage.- Fetal Storage Disorders.- Infectious Diseases.- Placental Disorders of Uncertain Etiology.- Placental Mesenchymal Dysplasia.-Molar Pregnancies.- Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms.- Chorangiotic Lesions, Benign Tumors, and Heterotopias.- Innovations in Placental Pathology.- Imaging of Placental Pathology.- Assisted Reproductive Technologies.- Legal Considerations.