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==General==
==General==
*May cause [[IUGR]].
*May cause [[IUGR]].
*Associated with cerebral palsy and common in perinatal deaths.<ref name=pmid10414494>{{cite journal |author=Kraus FT, Acheen VI |title=Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy in the placenta: cerebral thrombi and infarcts, coagulopathies, and cerebral palsy |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=759–69 |year=1999 |month=July |pmid=10414494 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Associated with cerebral palsy and common in perinatal deaths.<ref name=pmid10414494>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kraus | first1 = FT. | last2 = Acheen | first2 = VI. | title = Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy in the placenta: cerebral thrombi and infarcts, coagulopathies, and cerebral palsy. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 7 | pages = 759-69 | month = Jul | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10414494 }}</ref>
*Mother may have a prothrombotic condition.<ref name=pmid24108664>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Magnetti | first1 = F. | last2 = Bagna | first2 = R. | last3 = Botta | first3 = G. | last4 = Viano | first4 = A. | last5 = Dorati | first5 = G. | last6 = Raia | first6 = M. | last7 = Bertino | first7 = E. | last8 = Saracco | first8 = P. | title = Fetal Thrombotic Vasculopathy and Perinatal Thrombosis: Should all Placentas be Examined? | journal = Am J Perinatol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1055/s-0033-1357267 | PMID = 24108664 }}</ref>
*Mother may have a prothrombotic condition.<ref name=pmid24108664>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Magnetti | first1 = F. | last2 = Bagna | first2 = R. | last3 = Botta | first3 = G. | last4 = Viano | first4 = A. | last5 = Dorati | first5 = G. | last6 = Raia | first6 = M. | last7 = Bertino | first7 = E. | last8 = Saracco | first8 = P. | title = Fetal Thrombotic Vasculopathy and Perinatal Thrombosis: Should all Placentas be Examined? | journal = Am J Perinatol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1055/s-0033-1357267 | PMID = 24108664 }}</ref>



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Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy
Diagnosis in short

Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy. H&E stain.

Synonyms fibrinous vasculosis, fibromuscular sclerosis, fetal artery stem thrombosis

LM thrombus in the fetal vasculature +/- recanalization (eosinophilic (light pink on H&E), moderately granular intravascular material (fibrin) with layering), +/-clustered fibrotic villi without blood vessels (chronic)
Site placenta

Associated Dx fetal death, cerebral palsy
Clinical history +/-prothrombotic condition in mother
Prognosis dependent on severity and underlying cause

Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy, abbreviated FTV, is characterized by thrombi in the fetus. In the context of a placenta, it is thrombi in the fetal blood vessels of the placenta.

A large number of terms are used for this including:[1] fibrinous vasculosis, fibromuscular sclerosis and fetal artery stem thrombosis.

The multitude of terms reflects the confusion about this finding and that it has numerous etiologies.[1]

General

  • May cause IUGR.
  • Associated with cerebral palsy and common in perinatal deaths.[2]
  • Mother may have a prothrombotic condition.[3]

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Thrombus in the fetal vasculature +/- recanalization.
    • Eosinophilic (light pink on H&E), moderately granular intravascular material (fibrin) with layering.
  • Clustered fibrotic villi without blood vessels - key feature.
    • This is a chronic change.

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PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORD AND FETAL MEMBRANES, BIRTH:
- FETAL THROMBOTIC VASCULOPATHY, SEE COMMENT.
- PLACENTAL DISC WITH THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI INCREASED PERIVILLOUS FIBRIN DEPOSITION
  AND CALCIFICATIONS.
- PLACENTAL INFARCT (1.5 CM IN MAXIMAL DIMENSION).
- THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
- FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.

COMMENT:
Mother and baby should be worked up for prothrombotic conditions.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marchetti, D.; Belviso, M.; Fulcheri, E. (Mar 2009). "A case of stillbirth: the importance of placental investigation in medico-legal practice.". Am J Forensic Med Pathol 30 (1): 64-8. doi:10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187387e. PMID 19237859.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kraus, FT.; Acheen, VI. (Jul 1999). "Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy in the placenta: cerebral thrombi and infarcts, coagulopathies, and cerebral palsy.". Hum Pathol 30 (7): 759-69. PMID 10414494.
  3. Magnetti, F.; Bagna, R.; Botta, G.; Viano, A.; Dorati, G.; Raia, M.; Bertino, E.; Saracco, P. (Oct 2013). "Fetal Thrombotic Vasculopathy and Perinatal Thrombosis: Should all Placentas be Examined?". Am J Perinatol. doi:10.1055/s-0033-1357267. PMID 24108664.
  4. URL: http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254.abstract. Accessed on: 12 January 2011.
  5. URL: http://gut.bmj.com/content/41/3/354.full. Accessed on: 12 January 2011.
  6. URL: http://www.womenandinfants.org/fertilityandpregnancy/current-topics-in-perinatal-pathology.cfm. Accessed on: 17 December 2012.