Open AccessHydrop Degeneration: A Histopathological Investigation of 260 Early Abortions
Author(s) -
Ladefoged Christian
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348009155441
Subject(s) - medicine , degeneration (medical) , abnormality , abortion , induced abortions , pregnancy , gynecology , obstetrics , physiology , family planning , pathology , research methodology , population , biology , environmental health , psychiatry , genetics
Placental tissue from 160 abortions provoked during the 6th–12th weeks, and 100 spontaneous abortions between weeks 5 and 16, were studied histopathologically in respect of a comparison and quantitation of hydrop degeneration. Significantly more cases of severe hydrop degeneration were observed among the spontaneous abortions (p> 0.001). Of these abortions, 87 per cent were hydrop degenerated to varying degrees; 41 per cent were severely hydrop degenerated. Among the provoked abortions, approximately 81 per cent were hydrop degenerated to varying degrees but only 6.9 per cent were severely hydrop degenerated. The relationship between severe hydrop degeneration and chromosome abnormality is discussed.