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#redirect [[Placenta#Funisitis]]
'''Funisitis''' is inflammation of Wharton's jelly, the connective tissue of the umbilical cord.  It is typically seen in conjunction of [[chorioamnionitis]].
 
==General==
*Usually seen together with [[chorioamnionitis]].
 
==Microscopic==
Features:
*[[Neutrophil]]s in the vessels of the umbilical cord and Wharton's jelly.
 
Note:
*Wharton's jelly = connective tissue of the umbilical cord.
 
DDx:
*[[Umbilical cord vasculitis]] - neutrophils only in the vessel wall.
 
===Grading funisitis===
Funisitis:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_2311>{{Ref Sternberg4|2311}}</ref>
# Focal inflammation.
# Diffuse inflammation.
# Necrosis - in umbilical vessels or Wharton jelly.
 
==Sign out==
<pre>
PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORD AND FETAL MEMBRANES, BIRTH:
- CHORIOAMNIONITIS.
- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITH FUNISITIS.
- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI.
- TWO THROMBI OF THE PLACENTAL DISC (LARGEST 0.9 CM - MAXIMAL DIMENSION).
</pre>
 
==See also==
*[[Placenta]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Placenta]]

Revision as of 05:35, 10 May 2015

Funisitis is inflammation of Wharton's jelly, the connective tissue of the umbilical cord. It is typically seen in conjunction of chorioamnionitis.

General

Microscopic

Features:

  • Neutrophils in the vessels of the umbilical cord and Wharton's jelly.

Note:

  • Wharton's jelly = connective tissue of the umbilical cord.

DDx:

Grading funisitis

Funisitis:[1]

  1. Focal inflammation.
  2. Diffuse inflammation.
  3. Necrosis - in umbilical vessels or Wharton jelly.

Sign out

PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORD AND FETAL MEMBRANES, BIRTH:
- CHORIOAMNIONITIS.
- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITH FUNISITIS.
- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI.
- TWO THROMBI OF THE PLACENTAL DISC (LARGEST 0.9 CM - MAXIMAL DIMENSION).

See also

References

  1. Mills, Stacey E; Carter, Darryl; Greenson, Joel K; Oberman, Harold A; Reuter, Victor E (2004). Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (4th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 2311. ISBN 978-0781740517.