Placenta
Placental findings in specific newborn / fetal or maternal conditions
Missed abortion
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Placental findings in specific newborn / fetal or maternal conditions
Missed abortion
Author: Mandolin S. Ziadie, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2011
Minor changes: 19 February 2019
Copyright: 2002-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Missed abortion [title] placenta
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Ziadie MS. Missed abortion. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/placentamissedab.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Fetal death with delayed abortion resulting in passage of placental tissue without an embryo
Gross description
- Placental tissue including a gestational sac and villi are present in the absence of a fetus
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Normal or hydropic villi, sometimes with cisterns and without trophoblastic hyperplasia
- Dysmorphic villi suggest a chromosomal abnormality
- Other features may reveal a cause of fetal death including vasculitis, infarction, perivillous fibrin, deciduitis and intervillositis
Differential diagnosis
