Category
page 1Placentation disorders
placenta praevia
placenta disease that is characterized by placenta attachment to the uterine wall close to or covering the cervix
gestational trophoblastic neoplasm
Human disease
placental abruption
placenta disease that is characterized by separation of the placental lining from the uterus of the mother
placenta accreta
placenta disease that is characterized by an abnormally deep attachment of the placenta, through the endometrium and into the myometrium
retained placenta
condition in which all or part of the placenta or membranes remain in the uterus during the third stage of labour
placental insufficiency
placenta disease that is characterized by insufficient blood flow to the placenta during pregnancy
placentitis
thumb|Histopathology of acute subchorionic intervillositis, with neutrophils in Langhan’s layer of fibrinoid (by the fetal surface, at the base of a chorionic villus, seen at top right).
Placentitis is an inflammation of the placenta. The main forms of placentitis are:
Villitis, inflammation of chorionic villi.
Intervillositis, inflammation of the intervillous space.