Difference between revisions of "Acute villitis"
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*Rare.<ref name=pmid26457860>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bae | first1 = GE. | last2 = Yoon | first2 = N. | last3 = Choi | first3 = M. | last4 = Hwang | first4 = S. | last5 = Hwang | first5 = H. | last6 = Kim | first6 = JS. | title = Acute Placental Villitis as Evidence of Fetal Sepsis: An Autopsy Case Report. | journal = Pediatr Dev Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 2 | pages = 165-8 | month = | year = | doi = 10.2350/15-06-1656-CR.1 | PMID = 26457860 }}</ref> | *Rare.<ref name=pmid26457860>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bae | first1 = GE. | last2 = Yoon | first2 = N. | last3 = Choi | first3 = M. | last4 = Hwang | first4 = S. | last5 = Hwang | first5 = H. | last6 = Kim | first6 = JS. | title = Acute Placental Villitis as Evidence of Fetal Sepsis: An Autopsy Case Report. | journal = Pediatr Dev Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 2 | pages = 165-8 | month = | year = | doi = 10.2350/15-06-1656-CR.1 | PMID = 26457860 }}</ref> | ||
*Often viral - see ''[[TORCH infections]]''. | *Often viral - see ''[[TORCH infections]]''. | ||
*May be bacterial - ''E. coli'' or ''group B streptococci''.<ref name=pmid26457860/> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:56, 18 April 2016
Acute villitis, also acute placental villitis, is an uncommon pathology of the placenta.
General
- Rare.[1]
- Often viral - see TORCH infections.
- May be bacterial - E. coli or group B streptococci.[1]
Microscopic
Features:
- Neutrophils in the villous stroma - key feature.
- +/-Features suggestive a particular infective etiology.
- Cytoplasmic inclusion +/-owl's eye nucleus (CMV).
Images
CMV placentitis. (WC)
