title: Ultrastructural changes in the syncytiotrophoblast in some types of pathological pregnancy.
abstract: The studies were performed on 12 placentas from pathological pregnancies (gestosis, cholestasis, type A diabetes pregnancies, premature outflow of amniotic fluids) and 3 placentas from normal pregnancies. Ultrathin sections were stained by the Reynold's method and evaluated under the electron microscope BS-500 (Tesla). The changes found in syncytiotrophoblast were the following: the increase or the decrease in its thickness, increase in basal membrane thickness, decrease in the number or lack of pinocytic vesicles and superficial microvilli, damage of mitochondria.
authors.affiliation: Department and Institute of Histology and Embryology with the Laboratory for Experimental Cytology, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wawrzycka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarebska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Łańcut
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wawrzycki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czerny
mesh_terms: D002779:Cholestasis / Q000473:pathology; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000473:pathology; D004619:Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008871:Microvilli / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000473:pathology; D012016:Reference Values; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000648:ultrastructure*