Plasmodium falciparum malaria: placenta

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<I>Plasmodium falciparum</I> malaria: placenta. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Histopathology of the placenta This is a high power view of chorionic villi, maternal sinuses and a mass of pink-staining fibrin from the placenta of a woman with falciparum malaria. It shows deposits of haemozoin in the fibrin. The maternal sinus red blood cells are heavily parasitized. H&E stain.

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