The Pathology of the Human Placenta

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. Introduction

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 98-99

3. The Pathology of the Human Placenta

   • Benirschke, Driscoll

   Pages 100-105

4. Unusual Shapes of the Placenta. Placenta Accreta

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 106-134

5. Amnion and Chorion

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 135-151

6. Pathology of the Umbilical Cord and Major Fetal Vessels. Vestiges of Embryonic Structures

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 152-186

7. The Placenta of Multiple Pregnancy

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 187-275

8. Cellular Exchange Between Mother and Fetus

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 276-298

9. Cysts and Placental Septa

   • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

   Pages 299-311

10. Circulatory Disturbances

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 312-338

11. Infections

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 339-389

12. Hemolytic disease of the newborn

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 390-401

13. Abortion

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 402-436

14. Hydatidiform mole

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 444-476

15. Tumors of the Placenta

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 477-526

16. The Hormones of the Placenta

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 527-552

17. Miscellaneous Conditions

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

    Pages 553-571

18. Back Matter

    Pages 572-616

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This presentation of the diseases of the placenta differs in many ways from the first such treatment in these volumes by the eminent Robert Meyer. It is a deliberate attempt to bring together the practical information which has been gathered about the pathology of this complex organ and to make it available to the practicing pathologist as well as clinician. Despite the ready availability of the placenta for study, the pathologist is often ill-prepared to interpret lesions which he may find. Moreover, it has been difficult for him to find reference material, published commonly in journals and books with which he is not familiar. Further­ more, the interpretation of lesions affecting the placenta seemed less challenging since the organ had served its function, was to be discarded and presumably little of significance could be expected from such a retrospective study. Recently, with new emphasis on maternal and fetal health and disease, it has become apparent that knowledge of pathologic changes in the placenta often provides a unique insight into antenatal events. Thus, there has been an abundance of publications in this field in recent years, several in book form. These and the most important older investigations on the morbid anatomy of the human pla­ centa are here reviewed. This book has been written with a special point of view, however, which reflects our own bias.

• Grading
• anatomy
• carcinoma
• cell
• chemistry
• diseases
• embryo
• fetus
• genetics
• health
• nomenclature
• pathogenesis
• pathology
• placenta
• tumor

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, USA

  Kurt Benirschke

• Boston Lying - In Hospital, Boston, USA

  Shirley G. Driscoll

• Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Shirley G. Driscoll

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