Combined Placental Maternal Floor Infarction and Cytomegalovirus Placentitis: A Case Report.

Conclusion: VUE is considered to be a maternal anti-fetal immune reaction resembling allograft rejection. We postulate that the viral infection in our case may have triggered this immune response, given that CMV antigens are known to cross react with some human antigens, in particular HLA. The subsequent trophoblastic cell damage could then lead to MFI/MFPD. PMID: 33295828 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Fetal and Pediatric Pathology - Category: Pathology Tags: Fetal Pediatr Pathol Source Type: research