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Table 2 Placental histopathological characteristics

From: Histopathological and clinical analysis of COVID-19-infected placentas

 

Morphological Features

n

%

Placental weight

Adequate for gestational age

11

47.8

Small for gestational age

11

47.8

Large for gestational age

1

4.4

MVM

Decidual vasculopathy

16

69.5

Intervillous thrombosis

16

69.5

Infarcts

22

95.6

Fibrin deposition increase

19

82.6

FVM

Fetal vascular thrombosis and Subintimal fibrin deposition

17

73,9

Avascular villi and Stromal-vascular karyorexis

20

86,9

Inflammatory changes

Chronic and/or acute intervillositis

19

82.6

High grade placentitis

17

73.9

Chorionitis and/or subchorionitis

13

56.5

UC

Funicular vascular thrombi

8

34.7

Imunohistochemistry for Sars-CoV-2

Positive

16

69.5

Negative

8

30.5

  1. Abbreviations: MVM Maternal vascular malperfusion, FVM Fetal vascular malperfusion, UC Umbilical cord. Placenta weight mean 348.14g (SD122,27)