Abstract
Placental infarction is defined as an area of ischaemic coagulative necrosis of the placental parenchyma. It is one of the most common lesions identified during pathological examination of the placenta and is a key pathological marker of maternal vascular malperfusion. It is a common placental finding in some of the most important complications of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction and pregnancy loss.
In this chapter the gross appearance of placental infarction is described, and an outline is provided of the microscopic features seen in infarcts of varying age.
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Fitzgerald, B. (2019). Infarction. 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_6
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