This is a completely new, second edition of the classic reference which has been out of print since 1984. It is the most comprehensive work available on placental pathology, which has recently gained importance in clinical medicine, and includes discussion of legal aspects dealing with the relation between placenta and perinatal damage.

1. Placental Types.- 2. Early Development of the Human Placenta.- 3. Basic Structure of the Villous Trees.- 4. Hofbauer Cells.- 5. Architecture of Normal Villous Trees.- 6. Three-Dimensional Aspects of Villous Maldevelopment.- 7. Placental Membranes.- 8. Umbilical Cord and Major Fetal Vessels.- 9. Nonvillous Parts of the Placenta.- 10. Fibrinoid and Calcification.- 11. Characterization of the Developmental Stages.- 12. Macroscopic Features of the Delivered Placenta.- 13. Examination.- 14. Placental Shape Aberrations.- 15. Involution.- 16. Pathology of Maternal Floor Infarction.- 17. Erythroblastosis.- 18. Hydrops Fetalis.- 19. Transplacental Hemorrhage.- 20. Fetal Storage Disorders.- 21. Maternal Diseases Complicating Pregnancy.- 22. Hypertensive Disorders.- 23. Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Anticoagulant.- 24. Infectious Diseases.- 25. Multiple Pregnancy.- 26. Abortion, Placentas of Trisomies, and Immunological Considerations of Recurrent Reproductive Failure.- 27. Molar Pregnancies.- 28. Choriocarcinoma.- 29. Benign Tumors.- 30. Legal Considerations.- 31. Glossary.