• Numerous newly formed capillaries

• Diffusely arranged, engorged vessels

• Cuboidal endothelial lining

• Moderately fibrous connective tissue

• Edema present

• Chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate

• Thickened stratified squamous epithelium

• Prominent rete pegs

• Intra- and extracellular edema

• Prominent intercellular bridges

• Leukocytic infiltration

• Features characteristic but not pathognomonic

• Cannot differentiate pregnant vs non-pregnant patients