Current Concepts in Placental Pathology: An issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

Clinically accessible information for pathologists on histology, molecular pathology, differential diagnosis, and clinical overview is presented. Topics in this subject on Placental Pathology include: Monozygotic Twinning; Overview of Molecular Pathology of the Placenta; Fetal Thrombotic Vasculopathy, Neonatal Stroke and other sequelae; Correlation of Cerebral Palsy with Placental Pathology; Gross Placental Pathology; Maternal Floor Infarction/Massive Perivillous Fibrin Deposition; Placenta accreta and percreta; Ascending infection – acute chorioamnionitis; Umbilical Cord Pathology; and Villitis of Unknown Etiology and Massive Chronic Intervillositis.