Color Atlas of Gross Placental Pathology.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Igaku-Shoin; New York., 1994 First edition. Glossy boards with color-illustrated front board, 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches, 116 pp., index, numerous photo-illustrations (mostly in color). Very good (a moderate amount of text underlining). Scarce. An excellent reference for pathologists who must examine placentas. Contents: Examination Procedures (Site, Indications for Histology, Fixation, Technique of Gross Examination, Placental Weight, Histologic Sectioning, Reports); Basic Placental Anatomy and Development (Early Development, Trophoblast, Circulation, Placenta Accreta, Placenta Previa, Placental Shape, Placental Maturation); Umbilical Cord (Development, Length, Insertion, Single Umbilical Artery, Infection); Fetal Membranes and Surface (Layers, Subchorionic Hemorrhage, Extrachorial Placentation, Amnion Nodosum/Squamous Metaplasia, Amniotic Rupture, Cysts, Infection, Meconium, Hemorrhage, Thrombosis, Fetus Papyraceous); Lesions of the Villous Tissue (Calcification, Color, Infarcts, Retroplacental Hemorrhage, Intervillous Thrombi, Atrophy, Fibrin Deposition, Chorangiomas, Inflammatory Villous Lesions, Histologic Study); Multiple Gestations (Chorionicity, Examination of Twin Placentas, Problems Unique to Monochorionic Twins, Abnormalities Found in All Twin Placentas, Higher Multiple Births); Appendix (Gross Worksheet, Singelton Report Form, Twin Report Form, Placental Weight Ratio, Placental Weight, Placental Weight Graph, Umbilical Cord Length); References; Index. (3214005). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.