PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kaplan, C G
TI  - Gross pathology of the placenta: weight, shape, size, colour
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2008.055269
DP  - 2008 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 1285--1295
VI  - 61
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1285.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1285.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2008 Dec 01; 61
AB  - The gross examination is critical to making accurate diagnoses on placental specimens. An orderly evaluation of the cord, membranes and villous tissue allows maximal opportunity to recognise abnormalities. Many lesions have a pathognomonic gross appearance, while other processes are best seen on histology. Quantitation of the volume of placental tissue involved in an abnormal process is necessary to distinguish normal variation from significant pathology. Histological sections must include cord, membranes and central villous tissue.