Hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy
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Hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy | |
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Diagnosis in short | |
Hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy. H&E stain. | |
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Synonyms | decidual vasculopathy |
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LM | mild or moderate: perivascular inflammatory cells, +/-vascular thrombosis, smooth muscle hypertrophy, endothelial hyperplasia; severe: atherosis of maternal blood vessels, foamy macrophages within vascular wall, fibrinoid necrosis of vessel wall |
Site | placenta |
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Associated Dx | intrauterine growth restriction |
Signs | hypertension |
Prevalence | uncommon |
Clin. DDx | gestational hypertension, HELLP syndrome |
Treatment | dependent on severity |
Hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy, also known as decidual vasculopathy, is a pathology of the placenta seen in the context of (gestational) hypertension.
General
- A change seen in hypertension.
- Seen in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Mild or moderate:
- Perivascular inflammatory cells.
- +/-Vascular thrombosis.
- Smooth muscle hypertrophy.
- Endothelial hyperplasia.
- Above two lead to narrowing of the decidual spiral arteries[2] -- key feature.
- Severe:[1]
- Atherosis of maternal blood vessels.
- Foamy macrophages within vascular wall.
- Fibrinoid necrosis of vessel wall (amorphous eosinophilic material vessel wall).
- Atherosis of maternal blood vessels.
- Suggestive:[3]
- Decidual vasculitis - lymphocyte predominant without plasma cells.
Note:
- Smooth muscle hypertrophy can also be understood as lack of physiological conversion of spiral arteries of the uterus.[4]
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PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORD AND FETAL MEMBRANES, CESAREAN SECTION: - DECIDUAL VASCULOPATHY. - PLACENTA SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE (222 GRAMS). - PLACENTAL DISC WITH EARLY THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI WITH: -- MULTIPLE PLACENTAL INFARCTS. -- PERIVILLOUS FIBRIN DEPOSITION. - THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. - FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. COMMENT: The 10th percentile placental mass (pre-fixation) for 32 weeks and 6 days is approximately 247 grams.
Suggestive of decidual vasculopathy
PLACENTA, UMBILICAL CORD AND FETAL MEMBRANES, CESAREAN SECTION: - CHANGES SUGGESTIVE OF DECIDUAL VASCULOPATHY (DECIDUAL VASCULITIS). - PLACENTAL DISC WITH EARLY THIRD TRIMESTER VILLI AND A PLACENTAL INFARCT (2.5 CM IN MAXIMAL DIMENSION). - THREE VESSEL UMBILICAL CORD WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. - FETAL MEMBRANES WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roberts, DJ.; Post, MD. (Dec 2008). "The placenta in pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction.". J Clin Pathol 61 (12): 1254-60. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.055236. PMID 18641412.
- ↑ AFIP - Placental Pathology. P.122. ISBN: 1-881041-89-1. 2004.
- ↑ Baergen, Rebecca N. (2011). Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 339. ISBN 978-1441974938.
- ↑ Naicker, T.; Khedun, SM.; Moodley, J.; Pijnenborg, R. (Aug 2003). "Quantitative analysis of trophoblast invasion in preeclampsia.". Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 82 (8): 722-9. PMID 12848643.
- ↑ URL: http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case75.html. Accessed on: 2 January 2012.