Vol. 4, Issue 4, Part C (2021)

Abstract: Background: High risk pregnancies are a small segment of the obstetric population, that produces the majority of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. Upto 40% of high risk mothers experience placental damage. The pathological changes in the Placenta are not by large specific to a particular disorder and therefore a variety of disorders may show similar changes. This study is an attempt has been made to correlate various placental villous changes to the fetal outcome in normal and specific high risk pregnancies. This study was done in Department of Pathology, Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore. The study was done from Oct 2017 to March 2019.