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Villitis of Known Origin: Varicella and Toxoplasma
- Source :
- Placenta. 20:395-399
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1999.
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Abstract
- Chronic villitis is a common condition in human placentae. In some cases an infectious cause can be demonstrated, such as infection with cytomegalovirus and rubella virus. Most often it is of unknown aetiology, the so-called VUE (villitis of unknown aetiology). We describe two cases with identification of specific infectious agents, each demonstrating previously unreported findings, i.e. persistent varicella antigen in the villi in case 1, and presence of toxoplasma cysts in Wharton's jelly in case 2. The identification of the pathogens, varicella virus and toxoplasma, would easily have been overlooked in routine study of the placenta and were possible because of clinical suspicion.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Herpesvirus 3, Human
Placenta Diseases
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
medicine.disease_cause
Virus
Herpesviridae
Pregnancy
Betaherpesvirinae
Alphaherpesvirinae
Chronic Villitis
medicine
Animals
Humans
biology
Varicella zoster virus
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rubella virus
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Virology
Reproductive Medicine
Immunology
Female
Chorionic Villi
Toxoplasma
Developmental Biology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01434004
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Placenta
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8d7e395e529e22d71a26951ef0244ab4
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1053/plac.1999.0405