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Note: There is no such thing as ''chorionitis''.<ref>ALS. February 2009.</ref> | Note: There is no such thing as ''chorionitis''.<ref>ALS. February 2009.</ref> | ||
==Villitis of unknown etiology== | |||
*Abbreviated ''VUE''. | |||
===General=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid17889674>{{cite journal |author=Redline RW |title=Villitis of unknown etiology: noninfectious chronic villitis in the placenta |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=38 |issue=10 |pages=1439–46 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17889674 |doi=10.1016/j.humpath.2007.05.025 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Usu. term placenta. | |||
*Prevalence: 5% to 15% of all placentas. | |||
*Associated with: | |||
**Intrauterine growth restriction. | |||
**Recurrent reproductive loss. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid17889674/> | |||
*Maternal T-lymphocytes (mostly CD8-positive) in villous stroma. | |||
*+/-Intervillositis (lymphocytes between villi). | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254/F6.large.jpg VUE (bmj.com).<ref>URL: [http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254.abstract http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1254.abstract]. Accessed on: 11 January 2011.</ref> | |||
*[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3954021698_84a3542b43.jpg VUE (flickr.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jian-hua_qiao_md/3954021698/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jian-hua_qiao_md/3954021698/]. Accessed on: 11 January 2011.</ref> **CHECK** | |||
=Infarction= | =Infarction= | ||