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Published on: March 29, 2018
Histopathological considerations of placenta in pregnancy with diabetes
Lavinia Gheorman1, I E Pleşea, V Gheorman
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Abstract:
The authors present the results of a study on 19 cases of pregnant women with diabetes who delivered in No. 1 Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency County Hospital of Craiova, between October 1st, 2009 and September 1st, 2011. After delivery, placentas were harvested for the pathology study. The results of this study reveal: villous immaturity, villous edema, presence of basement membrane thickening, congestion of capillaries called "chorangiosis", intra- and extravillous fibrinoid and a deposit of glycogen. The authors state that although these lesions are not pathognomonic for pregnancy with diabetes, they are very suggestive and specific for this association: diabetes-pregnancy.
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