Author | Benirschke, Kurt. author |
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Title | The Pathology of the Human Placenta [electronic resource] / by Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1967 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9809-0 |
Descript | IX, 519 p. online resource |
I. Examination of the Placenta -- II. Unusual Shapes of the Placenta. Placenta Accreta -- Accessory lobes, placenta duplex, placenta membranacea -- Placenta accreta, increta, percreta, and placenta previa accreta -- Velamentous insertion of the umbilical cord -- Interpositio velamentosa. Insertio funiculi furcata -- Placenta extrachorialis (Placenta marginata and circumvallata) -- Extramembranous pregnancy -- III. Amnion and Chorion -- Structure -- Epithelium: Degeneration. Meconium staining. Hemosiderin. Ballooning degeneration. Vessels. Sex chromatin -- Squamous metaplasia -- Amnion nodosum -- Oligohydramnios. Fluid turnover -- Edema. Tensile strength. Amnionic fluid embolization -- Cysts. Cartilage -- Amnionic adhesions and bands -- IV. Pathology of the Umbilical Cord and Major Fetal Vessels.Vestiges of Embryonic Structures -- Vestiges and remarks concerning normal structure. Cysts. Edema -- Length of cord. Spiraling. Torsion. Knots. Hemorrhage -- Absence of one umbilical artery -- Tumors of the umbilical cord -- Amnion nodosum; squamous metaplasia; necrosis; color; inflammation of the cord -- Lesions of the major chorionic vessels -- V. The Placenta of Multiple Pregnancy -- A. Introduction -- B. Pathologie anatomy of twin placentas 195 -- C. Consequences of inter-twin anastomoses -- D. Absence of one umbilical artery in twins -- E. Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord in twins -- F. Placentation in relation to zygosity of twins -- G. Outlook of study on twin placentation -- VI. Cellular Exchange between Mother and Fetus. Intervillous -- Thrombosis. Tumor Metastasis -- Fetal to maternal red cell transfer -- Intervillous thrombosis -- Classification, nomenclature. Pathology. Incidence. Pathogenesisโฆ. -- Breusโ mole (subchorionic tuberous hematoma) -- Transfer of maternal cells to the fetus. Metastases -- Leukemia -- Metastatic tumors in placenta and fetus -- VII. Cysts and Placental Septa -- Macroscopic appearance -- Microscopic structure. โX-cellsโ -- Development of septa. Pathogenesis of cysts -- Genetic sex of X-cells and septa -- Histochemical studies -- Incidence -- Amnionic cysts. Vernix dissection -- VIII. Circulatory Disturbances -- Infarcts and atrophy -- Normal maternal and fetal circulations -- Decidual vascular lesions -- Abruptio placentae -- Premature senescence and atrophy -- Importance of placental infarction to the fetus -- Maternal floor infarction -- Disturbances of chorionic circulation -- IX. Infections -- Bacterial infection -- Chorioamnionitis -- Hematogenous bacterial infections -- Comment -- Unusual bacterial infections of the placenta -- Fungous infections -- Parasitic diseases -- Viral infections -- X. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn -- Pathogenetic considerations -- Macroscopic findings -- Microscopic findings -- Placental diseases simulating erythroblastosis -- XI. Abortion -- Frequency -- Genetic aspects -- Cytogenetics -- Relationship to teratology -- Cord anomalies -- Isoimmunization and abortion -- Infections and abortions -- Toxoplasmosis and abortion -- Morphology of abortion -- Trauma and abortion -- Miscellaneous other types of abortion -- Threatened abortion -- โHabitualโ abortion -- โMissedโ abortion -- Breusโ mole -- โTherapeuticโ abortion -- XI A. Ectopic Pregnancy -- XII. Hydatidiform Mole -- Morphology -- Histochemistry -- Electronmicrography -- Incidence. Geographic variation. Effects of age and gravidity. Repetition of molar gestation -- Ectopic molar pregnancy -- Hydatidiform mole with fetus -- Diagnosis -- Etiology, including sex chromatin and chromosome studies. Animal experiments -- Pathogenesis -- Chorioadenoma destruens -- Syncytial endometritis -- Prognosis -- Hormonal aspects -- Deportation, metastasis and regression -- Relationship to toxemia of pregnancy -- Relationship of hydatidiform mole and chorioadenoma -- Treatment -- XIII. Tumors of the Placenta -- A. Chorangioma -- B. Chorionepithelioma (Choriocarcinoma) -- XIV. The Hormones of the Placenta -- Protein hormones -- Steroid hormone -- Schematic representation -- XV. Miscellaneous Conditions -- Diabetes mellitus -- Non-immunologic hydrops placentalis -- Anemia -- Collagen diseases -- Other abnormal maternal states -- Placental Insufficiency -- Placental calcification -- Closing comment -- Author Index