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Circumvallate placenta is a placental disease in which the fetal membranes (chorion and amnion) double back on the fetal side around the edge of the placenta. After delivery a circumvallate placenta has a thick ring of membranes on its fetal surface.Complete circumvallate placenta occurs in approximately 1% of pregnancies.

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