Material and Method: A total of seven cases where decidualization was found in the peritoneal biopsy taken during pregnancy at the Baskent University Adana Research and Medical Center, Department of Pathology were included in this study. The clinical features of the cases were obtained from their clinical folders. The morphological findings were recorded and the peritoneal biopsies were analyze...

Placental vasculature, in particular the relationship between maternal and fetal blood circulations, has been a contentious issue for a long time. It was indeed a matter of dispute whether or not the fetal blood circulation was separate from or continuous with the circulation of the mother as stated by the Roman physician Galen (129–200). The Renaissance anatomist Julius Caesar Arantius (1530–1...

BACKGROUND The mammalian placenta plays a central role in maternal tolerance of the semi-allogeneic fetus and fluid balance between the maternal and fetal compartments. The lymphatics play a role in both these function. The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of lymphatic vessels in human decidua, with particular focus on the lymphatics that surround remodelling spiral arteries d...

Vitamin A and its derivatives are essential for embryonic development, but an overdose of vitamin is toxic to the offspring. The placenta interface that nourishes protects embryo. Although there numerous publications on effect placenta, insufficient information changes in morphology this organ caused by different doses. aim our study was demonstrate retinyl palmitate administered at doses volum...

In order to investigate the morphological effects of ketoconazole on hypertrophied placentas, we examined the sequential histopathological changes in the placenta from rats exposed to ketoconazole. Ketoconazole was administered orally at 0 and 25 mg/kg/day during gestation days (GDs) 12 to 14, and the placentas were sampled on GDs 15, 17 and 21. All dams showed neither effect on body weight nor...