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Fetal Vascular Thrombosis

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Pathology of the Placenta

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Fetal-side placental vascular thrombi are not uncommon findings and hold considerable clinical relevance as they have been associated with fetal/neonatal morbidity and mortality. This includes fetal death, growth restriction and significant neurological compromise. This chapter, along with its counterpart on histology (Chap. 25), reviews the diagnostic findings for large vessel thrombi in the fetal circulation of the placenta.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Drucilla J. Roberts

  2. Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Theonia K. Boyd

  3. Department of Pathology, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Peter Kelehan

  4. Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Amy Heerema-McKenney

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  1. Department of Anatomical Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia

    T. Yee Khong

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Eoghan E. Mooney

  3. Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Peter G. J. Nikkels

  4. Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Terry K. Morgan

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Sanne J. Gordijn

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Roberts, D.J., Boyd, T.K., Kelehan, P., Heerema-McKenney, A. (2019). Fetal Vascular Thrombosis. In: Khong, T., Mooney, E., Nikkels, P., Morgan, T., Gordijn, S. (eds) Pathology of the Placenta. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97214-5_10

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