conclusions this case was the first reported morbidity of fistula in the uterocutaneous pathway. introduction this was a report of uterocutaneous fistula as a rare complication of expectant management of placenta increta, and a review of the literature. case presentation a 38- year- old pregnant woman in her third term of pregnancy was operated on in a secondary hospital in arak (a city located...

background: infection with parvovirus b19 may cause fetal losses including spontaneous abortion, intrauterine fetal death and non-immune hydropsfetalis. the aim of this study is to determine the frequency of parvovirus b19 in formalin fixed placental tissues in lost fetuses using real-time pcr method.   methods : in this cross-sectional study, 100 formalin fixed placental tissues with unknown c...

The placenta adapts its transport capacity to nutritional cues developmentally, although relatively little is known about placental transport phenotype in response to hypoxia, a major cause of fetal growth restriction. The present study determined the effects of both moderate hypoxia (13% inspired O2) between days (D)11 and D16 or D14 and D19 of pregnancy and severe hypoxia (10% inspired O2) fr...

Background & aim: Cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare variant of ectopic pregnancy, and placenta percreta is a complex and dangerous condition; patients with these conditions are difficult to manage. In this study, we present a rare case of placenta percreta in cervical pregnancy. Case report: A 32 -year-old woman with 19 weeks of gestation and gross hematuria was admitted to Qaem Hospital in ...

Histological evidence of Plasmodium in the placenta is indicative of placental malaria, a condition associated with severe outcomes for mother and child. Histological lesions found in placentas from Plasmodium-exposed women include syncytial knotting, syncytial rupture, thickening of the placental barrier, necrosis of villous tissue and intervillositis. These histological changes have been asso...

Aim: This study was conducted to investigate placenta-associated plasma protein (PAPP-A) and free human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) levels after blastocyst transfer versus cleavage-stage embryo transfer. 
 Materials method: A total of 449 women were included in this rerospective sudy. The consisted two groups: Group 1: pregnant conceived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) proced...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether type and location of placenta previa affect risk of antepartum hemorrhage-related preterm delivery. METHODS We retrospectively studied 162 women with singleton pregnancies presenting placenta previa. Through observation using transvaginal ultrasound the women were categorized into complete or incomplete placenta previa, and then assigned to anterior and posterior g...

Intrauterine growth of fetus mainly depends on adequate function of placenta. Placenta is a fetal organ. It shares same stress and strain to which the fetus is exposed. Thus any disease which affects the mother has a great impact on placenta. Anatomical structure of placenta greatly influences its function. Thus study of placental morphology is considered essential. 136 Pregnancy complications ...