Placenta accret Placenta praevia Placental abruption

1. Numerous pathologies can affect the placenta.
2. Placenta accreta, when the placenta implants too deeply, into actual muscle of uterine wall)
3. Placenta praevia, when the placement of the placenta is too close to or blocks the cervix
4. Placental abruption/abruptio placentae
5. Infections involving the placenta:
6. Placentitis, such as the TORCH infections.