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'''Acute villitis''' is an uncommon [[placental pathology|pathology of the placenta]].
'''Acute villitis''', also '''acute placental villitis''', is an uncommon [[placental pathology|pathology of the placenta]].


==General==
==General==
*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

Microscopic

Features:

  • Neutrophils in the villous stroma - key feature.
  • +/-Features suggestive a particular infective etiology.
    • Cytoplasmic inclusion +/-owl's eye nucleus (CMV).

Images

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See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bae, GE.; Yoon, N.; Choi, M.; Hwang, S.; Hwang, H.; Kim, JS.. "Acute Placental Villitis as Evidence of Fetal Sepsis: An Autopsy Case Report.". Pediatr Dev Pathol 19 (2): 165-8. doi:10.2350/15-06-1656-CR.1. PMID 26457860.