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Succenturiate placenta
An accessory placenta that has a vascular connection to the main part of the placenta.
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Placenta spuria
An outlying portion of the placenta that has not maintained its vascular connection with the decidua vera.
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Placenta reflexa
An abnormal placenta in which the margin is thickened and appears to turn back on itself. A placenta that, rather than being thick in the center and thinning out towards the edges, is thicker at its edges and has a rolled-back look.
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Placenta previa partialis
A placenta that only partially covers the internal os of the uterus.
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Placenta percreta
A type of placenta accreta in which the myometrium is invaded to the serosa of the peritoneum covering the uterus. This may cause rupture of the uterus.
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Nondeciduate placenta
A placenta that does not shed the maternal portion.
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Multilobate placenta
A placenta with more than three lobes.
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Membranous placenta
Thinning of the placenta from atrophy.
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Maternal placenta
A portion of the placenta that develops from the decidua basalis of the uterus.
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Lateral placenta
A placenta attached to the lateral wall of the uterus.
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