Study of morphology of placenta in pregnancy induced hypertensive mothers

Dr. Nisha Gajbhiye; Dr Sachin Gajbhiye

Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2015

Study of morphology of placenta in pregnancy induced hypertensive mothers

Dr. Nisha Gajbhiye, Dr Sachin Gajbhiye

Abstract :

Placenta is one of the most challenging organs, any insult to placenta during the developmental stage affects the morphometry of placenta which in turn affects the growth of fetus in–utero. Hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancies are common, now a days, responsible for 5–8% of all maternal deaths. In the present study, 80 placentae, 40 from normotensive pregnancies (control group) and 40 from pregnancies induce hypertension (study group) were studied. The parameters studied were mean placental weight, volume, diameter, average thickness, no. of cotyledons, presence of infarction, calcification and site of attachment of umblical cord, no. of blood vessels in cord were noted. Study revealed that, there is significant reduction in placental weight, volume, diameter, thickness of placenta in study group and also increase in number of colyledons, but statically insignificant