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Normal and Abnormal Placental Development

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Approximately 6 to 7 days after ovum fertilization, and after the egg has been transported through the oviduct, the embryonic mass attaches itself to the endometrial surface and begins its placentation.1–3 Sufficiently many of such early implantation sites have now been studied in detail to suggest that implantation occurs in a manner that destroys (partially devours) endometrial cells and that allows the embryonic mass to penetrate so deeply into the endometrium that the entire blastocyst becomes surrounded by endometrial tissue (deci-dua); that is, it achieves “interstitial” implantation (Fig 2.1). Although the outer trophoblastic shell has an initially complex polyploid nuclear appearance, this trophoblastic shell soon differentiates into an outer layer of syncytium, which is continually added to by nuclei and cytoplasm from the underlying Langhans cytotrophoblast.

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  1. Maternal-Fetal Medicine Section, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA

    Chin-Chu Lin M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Obstetrics High Risk Clinic) & Marion S. Verp M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Medical Genetic Services) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Obstetrics High Risk Clinic) &  (Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Medical Genetic Services)

  2. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women’s Hospital, 60611, Chicago, IL, USA

    Rudy E. Sabbagha M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Director, Diagnostic Ultrasound Center) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Director, Diagnostic Ultrasound Center)

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Benirschke, K. (1993). Normal and Abnormal Placental Development. In: Lin, CC., Verp, M.S., Sabbagha, R.E. (eds) The High-Risk Fetus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9240-8_2

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