Completey reorganized - a practical, how-to guide to placental examination plus the most authoritative reference available on all aspects of the normal and abnormal placenta. New chapters have been added on: Normative Values and Tables, Microscopic Survey and Histopathological Approach to Villous Alterations. More extensive indexing help meet the daily demands of bothe novice and experienced placental pathologists.

1 Placental Types.- 2 Examination of the Placenta.- 3 Macroscopic Features of the Delivered Placenta.- 4 Microscopic Survey.- 5 Normative Values and Tables.- 6 Early Development of the Human Placenta.- 7 Basic Structure of the Villous Trees.- 8 Architecture of Normal Villous Trees.- 9 Characterization of Developmental Stages.- 10 Three-Dimensional Aspects of Villous Maldevelopment.- 11 Nonvillous Parts of the Placenta.- 12 Anatomy and Pathology of the Placental Membranes.- 13 Anatomy and Pathology of the Umbilical Cord and Major Fetal Vessels.- 14 Placental Shape Aberrations.- 15 Histopathological Approach to Villous Alterations.- 16 Erythroblastosis Fetalis and Hydrops Fetalis.- 17 Transplacental Hemorrhage, Cell Transfer, Trauma.- 18 Fetal Storage Disorders.- 19 Maternal Diseases Complicating Pregnancy: Diabetes, Tumors, Preeclampsia, Lupus Anticoagulant.- 20 Infectious Diseases.- 21 Abortion, Placentas of Trisomies, and Immunological Considerations of Recurrent Reproductive Failure.- 22 Molar Pregnancies.- 23 Choriocarcinoma.- 24 Benign Tumors.- 25 Multiple Pregnancy.- 26 Involution of Implantation Site and Retained Placenta.- 27 Legal Considerations.- 28 Glossary.