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Constellations of Pathology in the Placenta and How They Relate to Clinical Conditions

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Interpretation and presentation of placental findings in a clinically accessible manner are important aspects of placental pathology. While symptoms and signs of placental disease may differ, certain clinical presentations are associated with characteristic placental pathology. This chapter expands on the clinical diagnosis of two important conditions, namely, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preterm rupture of membranes, and discusses the placental pathology typically seen with them.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Sanne J. Gordijn

  2. Tommy’s Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Alexander E. P. Heazell

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Eoghan E. Mooney

  4. Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Theonia K. Boyd

  5. Division of Women’s and Perinatal Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Theonia K. Boyd

  6. Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Theonia K. Boyd

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  1. Department of Anatomical Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia

    T. Yee Khong

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Eoghan E. Mooney

  3. Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Peter G. J. Nikkels

  4. Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Terry K. Morgan

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Sanne J. Gordijn

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Gordijn, S.J., Heazell, A.E.P., Mooney, E.E., Boyd, T.K. (2019). Constellations of Pathology in the Placenta and How They Relate to Clinical Conditions. In: Khong, T., Mooney, E., Nikkels, P., Morgan, T., Gordijn, S. (eds) Pathology of the Placenta. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97214-5_56

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