📖 SARS-CoV-2 Placentitis and Intraparenchymal Thrombohematomas Among COVID-19 Infections in Pregnancy

Huynh et al / JAMA Network Open: Infectious Diseases • 21 March 2022

We describe a severe form of SARS-CoV-2 placentitis with thrombohematomas occurring primarily in stillbirths from pregnancies complicated by SARS-CoV-2 infection during the 2021 pandemic wave.


This pathology is distinctive and grossly identifiable, representing a change in the spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 pregnancy complications.


The thrombohematomas are likely a result of severe viral placental damage.


Our findings suggest a pathogenetic mechanism for the reported increased risk of stillbirth associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2021.



📖 (21 Mar 2022 ~ JAMA Network Open / Research Letter / Infectious Diseases) SARS-CoV-2 Placentitis and Intraparenchymal Thrombohematomas Among COVID-19 Infections in Pregnancy ➤


© 2022 Huynh et al / JAMA Network Open: Infectious Diseases.