Third-Trimester Stillbirths: Correlative Neuropathology and Placental Pathology

• Published in: Pediatric and developmental pathology Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 345 - 352
• Main Authors: Chang, Kenneth T.E., Keating, Sarah, Costa, Stacy, Machin, Geoffrey, Kingdom, John, Shannon, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2011; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult; Brain Diseases - complications; Brain Diseases - pathology; Female; Fetal Death; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Leukomalacia, Periventricular - pathology; Organ Size; Placenta - pathology; Placenta Diseases - pathology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Retrospective Studies; Stillbirth; 3rd trimester; placental pathology; stillbirth; neuropathology

Although in recent years placental pathology has been the subject of a wealth of detailed descriptions and diagnostic categorization, systematic correlation of these conditions with the pathology of stillbirth has not been attempted. We examine the relationship between specific inflammatory, materna...