
BREAST
AND
FEMALE
GENITAL
SYSTEM
Fig. 8.72
Hydatidiform
mole.
F/26. Curetted
specimen. Note variably sized vesicles,
no
normal
placenta
and no
fetus.
Fig. 8.73
Partial
mole.
F/30. Note
the
presence
of
normal placenta plus some variably sized vesicles.
The
fetus
is
abnormal,
and
chromosomal studies showed
it
to
be
triploid
- 69,
XXX.
Fig. 8.74 Close-up view
of
Figure 8.73 shows areas
of
normal placenta plus vesicles
of
varying size.
Fig. 8.75 Chorangioma
(benign
haemangioma)
of
the
placenta.
This tumour usually occurs
at the
site
of
insertion
of the
cord
and is the
commonest tumour
of
the
placenta.
Fig. 8.76
Placenta
with
retroplacental
haemorrhage.
Fig. 8.77
Placenta
with
broad,
depressed
areas
of
infarction.
Fig. 8.78
Erythroblastosis
fetalis
due to
rhesus
incompatibility.
Large oedematous placenta.
Fig. 8.79
Erythroblastosis
fetalis
due to
rhesus
incompatibility.
Oedematous stillborn fetus (the
so-
called hydrops fetalis).
180
Fig.
8.72
Fig.
8.73
Fig.
8.74
Fig 8.75