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Abstract

Histopathological examination of products of conception from miscarriages is part of routine clinical practice. The extent of additional clinically relevant information provided by this investigation in the setting of recurrent spontaneous abortion remains uncertain. The included studies indicated that such examination identify hydatid form moles, villous dysmorphic features suggesting fetal aneuploidy, chronic histiocytic intervillositis (CHI) and massive per villous fibrin deposition and impaired trophoblast invasion. However, in most cases, morphological assessment cannot reliably determine the cause of the miscarriage or distinguish recurrent from sporadic miscarriage. Studies reporting on the use of additional immunohistochemically methods do not currently provide additional clinically useful diagnostic or prognostic information. Routine histological examination of products of conception in the setting of recurrent spontaneous abortion can provide important clinical information in a minority of cases.

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Abortion Incomplete abortion Placenta Histopathology Miscarriage

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Al-Hakeem, A. H. ., Meri, M. A., & Aldujaili, H. H. (2022). Placenta Accreta Spectrum: A Review of Morphological, Histopathological of the Placenta in first-trimester Spontaneous Abortions. Medical Science Journal for Advance Research, 3(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.46966/msjar.v3i1.33

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