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Classification of Villous Maldevelopment

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Pathology of the Human Placenta

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The histopathology of villous maldevelopment is based on the light microscopy of paraffin sections. Thus, the normal and pathological features of the placenta are usually described in terms of the two dimensions apparent by light microscopy. These two-dimensional findings very often do not reflect the underlying three-dimensional malformation of villi, as becomes particularly obvious when considering the pathologically meaningful finding of “syncytial knotting” (Tenney—Parker changes).

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Benirschke, K., Kaufmann, P. (2000). Classification of Villous Maldevelopment. In: Pathology of the Human Placenta. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4199-5_15

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