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Heterotopic Adipose Tissue in the Placental Parenchyma: Case Report.

Johann Sebastián Ospina-SerranoAna Janeth Salazar-VargasMercedes Olaya-C
Published in: International journal of surgical pathology (2021)
Objective: Reports of heterotopic tissue in the placenta are few and mainly include liver and adrenal cells. We report on adipose tissue found in the placenta. Case report: We present the case of a microscopic finding in a 25-year-old's placenta who suffered from hypertensive disorder in pregnancy. During routine microscopic study, we observed a heterotopic, benign, circumscribed and intervillous nodule of adipose tissue. Conclusion: To our knowledge, there is no other reported case of adipocytes among chorionic villi. Why foreign tissues show up in the placenta remains unknown; however, several new theories offer explanations.
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