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2010-12-08-09 Circumvallate placenta © Faschingbauer www.TheFetus.net
Circumvallate placenta

Christa Faschingbauer, MD.
 
Germany.

Case report

This is a case of a circumvallate placenta diagnosed at 15 weeks of gestation. You can see a placental "marginal shelf" which is a short band of tissue attached to the surface of the placenta which differentiates them from synechiae. Placental margins, where the membrane attaches, are elevated.

Images 1,2: The images show elevated placental margin.



Images 3,4: The images shows the band of tissue, the placental "marginal shelf". The shelf attaches to the fetal surface of the placenta.



Images 5,6: 3D-images of the circumvallate placenta, note the elevated placental margins and a thin band of tissue attached to them.
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