Placenta
Template: GROSS DESCRIPTION: The specimen is received in a container labelled with the patient's name, who has the initials "[___]" and the specimen site "[___]". Received: Fresh Cord: Insertion: [Paracentrally inserted, 7.5 cm from the edge of the disc, eccentric if closer to edge] Length: [___] cm Diameter: [___] cm Number of vessels: [___] Placenta: Type: Singleton Membranes: [Appears to be complete with marginal insertion. The point of rupture is 2 cm from the edge of the disc. Post fixation the membranes are tan and somewhat translucent] Weight: [___] g, trimmed Size: [___] cm Fetal Surface: [Unremarkable], chorionic plate measures [16.0 x 12.5] cm Maternal Surface: [Complete] Fibrin/Infarcts: [Less than 1%] Percentage of parenchyma with infarct: <1%, if present Representative sections: 1A-membranes and cord 1B-1D-disc, central full thickness adjacent to cord insertion site 1E-maternal surface en face
Notes: No need to take peripheral sections in a grossly normal placenta, they want to mostly see around where the cord inserts. if any infarcts/parenchymal nodules/ other gross findings, submit in 1C, 1D in place of normal/central disk