| Chronic Intervillositis
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Etiology
• Unknown
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Pathogenesis
•Unknonwn,
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Epidemiology
• May be associated with chronic non-specific villitis
• May be associated with euploid spontaneous abortion
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General Gross Description
• No gross findings
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Accumulation of mononuclear cells (maternal CD3+ cells) in intervillous space
• May accompany actual villitis
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• May recur
• May be associated with decidual vascular thrombosis and euploid early spontaneous losses.
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References
• Benirschke K, Kaufmann P. Pathology of the human placenta, 3rd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp. 596-620.
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| Chronic Intervillositis
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T88100M43000)[427]
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