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*Split at approximately 7th day.
*Split at approximately 7th day.
*Always monozygotic twins.
*Always monozygotic twins.
*Very rare.
*High rate of complications - cords get into knots.


===Gross===
===Gross===
*No membrane between the fetuses - apparently clinically.
*No membrane between the fetuses - apparently clinically.
*Umbilical cord attachments usually very close to one another.<ref name=Ref_Placenta133>{{Ref Placenta|133}}</ref>


==Diamniotic-monochorionic gestation==
==Diamniotic-monochorionic gestation==
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===General===
===General===
*The dogma is that the twins are always monozygotic.
*The dogma is that the twins are always monozygotic.
**There is a case report of an exception.<ref>PMID: 12853583.</ref>
**There is a case report of an exception.<ref name=pmid12853583>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Redline | first1 = RW. | title = Nonidentical twins with a single placenta--disproving dogma in perinatal pathology. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 349 | issue = 2 | pages = 111-4 | month = Jul | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMp030097 | PMID = 12853583 }}</ref>
*Highest risk of TTTS ([[twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome]]).
*Highest risk of TTTS ([[twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome]]).


===Gross===
===Gross===
*Thin membrane at T-zone.
Features - T-zone membrane is:<ref name=Ref_Placenta128>{{Ref Placenta|128}}</ref>
*Thin.
*Translucent.
*No blood vessel remnants.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_H4P2_979>{{Ref H4P2|979}}</ref>
Features:<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC006.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC006.html]. Accessed on: 30 October 2013.</ref>
*One chorion (no decidua) in the T-zone.
*No chorion in the T-zone - '''key feature'''.


====Images====
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins, Intervening Membrane.jpg | Di-Mo placenta. (WC/euthman)
</gallery>
*[http://www.pathologypics.com/PictView.aspx?ID=1304 Diamniotic-monochorionic gestation (pathologypics.com)].
*[http://www.pathologypics.com/PictView.aspx?ID=1304 Diamniotic-monochorionic gestation (pathologypics.com)].
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC006.html Di-Mo placenta (utah.edu)].
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC006.html Di-Mo placenta (utah.edu)].
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===Gross===
===Gross===
*Thick membrane at T-zone.
Features - T-zone:<ref name=Ref_Placenta129>{{Ref Placenta|129}}</ref>
*Thick.
*Less translucent.
*Blood vessels - fine branching.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Decidua interposed between two chorions.
*Chorion present in the T-zone.


====Images====
====Images====
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC005.html Di-Di placenta (utah.edu)].
<gallery>
Image:Diamniotic-dichorionic_twin_placenta_-_low_mag.jpg | DiDi placenta. (WC)
Image:Diamniotic dichorionic placenta, HE 1.jpg | DiDi placenta. (WC/euthman)
Image:Diamniotic dichorionic placenta, HE 2.jpg | DiDi placenta. (WC/euthman)
</gallery>
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC005.html DiDi placenta (utah.edu)].


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**Placental disc: large, pale.
**Placental disc: large, pale.
*Recipient:
*Recipient:
**Twin: hypervolemia, polyuria, polyhydramnios, +/- [[hydrops fetalis]], +/- CHF, hemolytic janundice, +/- large congested organs.
**Twin: hypervolemia, polyuria, [[polyhydramnios]], +/- [[hydrops fetalis]], +/- CHF, hemolytic janundice, +/- large congested organs.
**Placental disc: small, firm, congested.
**Placental disc: small, firm, congested.


Latest revision as of 13:26, 23 January 2014

Twin placentas often come to the pathologist... even if they are normal. In these specimens, usually, the chorion is the key; the pathologist may be able to sort-out whether the twins are monozygotic (identical) or dizygotic (fraternal).

Monozygotic versus dizygotic twins

Monoamniotic-monochorionic gestation

  • Abbreviated MoMo.

General

  • Split at approximately 7th day.
  • Always monozygotic twins.
  • Very rare.
  • High rate of complications - cords get into knots.

Gross

  • No membrane between the fetuses - apparently clinically.
  • Umbilical cord attachments usually very close to one another.[1]

Diamniotic-monochorionic gestation

  • Abbreviated DiMo.

General

Gross

Features - T-zone membrane is:[3]

  • Thin.
  • Translucent.
  • No blood vessel remnants.

Microscopic

Features:[4]

  • No chorion in the T-zone - key feature.

Images

  • Di-Mo placenta. (WC/euthman)

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TWIN PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORDS AND FETAL MEMBRANES, BIRTH:
- FETAL MEMBRANES AT T-ZONE:
-- CHORION ABSENT (DIAMNIOTIC-MONOCHORIONIC GESTATION).
- TWIN A:
-- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
- TWIN B:
-- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.

Diamniotic-dichorionic gestation

  • Abbreviated DiDi.

General

  • Most dizygotic (70%), may be monozygotic (30%).
  • If monozygotic -- split before 3 days.

Gross

Features - T-zone:[5]

  • Thick.
  • Less translucent.
  • Blood vessels - fine branching.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Chorion present in the T-zone.

Images

  • DiDi placenta. (WC)

  • DiDi placenta. (WC/euthman)

  • DiDi placenta. (WC/euthman)

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Normal

TWIN PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORDS AND FETAL MEMBRANES, BIRTH:
- FETAL MEMBRANES AT T-ZONE:
-- CHORION PRESENT (DIAMNIOTIC-DICHORIONIC GESTATION).
- TWIN A:
-- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
- TWIN B:
-- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.

Early delivery

 TWIN PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORDS AND FETAL MEMBRANES, CESAREAN SECTION:
- FETAL MEMBRANES AT T-ZONE:
-- CHORION PRESENT (DIAMNIOTIC-DICHORIONIC GESTATION).
- TWIN A:
-- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- PLACENTAL DISC WITH FOCALLY MILDLY LARGE THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI AND
   ZONAL CONGESTION.
- TWIN B:
-- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
-- PLACENTAL DISC WITH FOCALLY MILDLY LARGE THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI.

Pathology seen only in twin pregnancies

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

General

  • Abbreviated as TTTS.

Definition:

  • Monozygotic twins that share a placental disc, have vessels which cross-over between the twins that lead to a blood imbalance between the two twins.
    • Only seen in monozygotic twins.
    • Vascular connection may be vein-to-vein, artery-to-vein, artery-to-artery (uncommon).[6]

Prevalence:

  • Seen in ~15% of monozygotic twins.[6]

Clinical:

  • Donor:
    • Twin: hypovolemic, oliguric, oligohydramnic, +/- anemia, +/-hypoglycemia, +/- small pale organs.
    • Placental disc: large, pale.
  • Recipient:
    • Twin: hypervolemia, polyuria, polyhydramnios, +/- hydrops fetalis, +/- CHF, hemolytic janundice, +/- large congested organs.
    • Placental disc: small, firm, congested.

Gross

  • Large vessels that connect the two umbilical cords.

Image:

  • Painting thought to depict TTTS. (WC)

Microscopic

Features:[7]

  • Artery-to-vein anatomosis - where artery and vein are associated with different umbilical cords.
  • Donor twin side of placenta:
    • Edematous villi.
    • Increased nucleated RBCs.
  • Recipient twin side of placenta:
    • Congested.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baergen, Rebecca N. (2011). Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 133. ISBN 978-1441974938.
  2. ↑ Redline, RW. (Jul 2003). "Nonidentical twins with a single placenta--disproving dogma in perinatal pathology.". N Engl J Med 349 (2): 111-4. doi:10.1056/NEJMp030097. PMID 12853583.
  3. ↑ Baergen, Rebecca N. (2011). Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 128. ISBN 978-1441974938.
  4. ↑ URL: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC006.html. Accessed on: 30 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Baergen, Rebecca N. (2011). Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 129. ISBN 978-1441974938.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 469. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  7. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 469-70. ISBN 978-0781765275.
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