Suchithra A. Shetty 1 , Ashwini Kolur 2
Placenta is a discoid organ which is transient. Placenta is a vital organ which maintains pregnancy and thus ensures normal foetal development. It is sometimes described as the mirror of the perinatal period. Hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy are common and form one of the deadly triad along with haemorrhage and infection, that results in large number of maternal deaths and there off foetal deaths. This leads to constriction of fetal stem arteries and has been associated with the changes seen in the placenta of pre eclamptic women. Maternal vasospasm leads to fetal hypoxia and accordingly it may lead to fetal distress and fetal death. This study was done to find out the morbid changes of the placenta of hypertensive mothers in comparison to normotensive mothers. The study was done in 150 placentas, which were collected from Obstetrics and Gynecology department. Out of the 150 placentas collected, 50 placentas were from uncomplicated full term deliveries and served as control group, 50 placentas were collected from mild PIH and other 50 were from severe PIH cases and served as study group. The size and weight of the placenta reduces in PIH and a whole plethora of histopathological findings can be encountered in PIH
