This book provides a concise guide to fetal pathology and postnatal fetal examination. The legal and ethical aspects of fetal examination are addressed, along with the modern practical approach to fetal malformations, oriented fetal autopsy, neuro-fetopathological examination, and pathology of the placenta.

Practical Manual of Fetal Pathology aims to evaluate recent advancements and the impact they have had on clinical practice. This book is relevant to fetal and perinatal pathologists, geneticists, obstetricians, gynecologists, and pediatricians.

Jelena Martinovic has been the Medical Director of the Antoine Béclère University Hospital, University of Paris-Sud, since 2010. She has more than 25 years experience within the field of fetal pathology and has performed more than 10,000 fetal exams. She is a pioneer in the concept of oriented fetal examination and genetic autopsy. She has collaborated nationally and internationally with the Paediatric Pathology Society, International Paediatric Pathology Association, and American College of Medical Genetics, and has published more than 200 articles.