Development of placental lesions after recovery from COVID-19 during pregnancy : case-control study

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OBJECTIVE: To study whether the occurrence and type of placental lesions vary according to the time of onset of COVID-19 in pregnant women.

DESIGN: Case-control study.

SETTING: Departments of Gynaecology-Obstetrics and Pathology, Strasbourg University Hospital, France.

POPULATION: Cases were 49 placentas of women with COVID-19. Controls were 50 placentas from women who had a past history of molar pregnancy. COVID-19 placentas were categorised based on whether birth occurred at more or less than 14 days post-infection.

METHODS: Comparison between case and controls.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Maternal and neonatal outcomes were recorded. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the placentas was performed.

RESULTS: The rate of vascular complications was higher in the COVID groups than in the controls (8 [16.3%] versus 1 [2%], p = 0.02). Signs of fetal (22[44.9%] versus 13 [26%], p = 0.05) and maternal (44 [89.8%] versus 36 [72.0%], p = 0.02) vascular malperfusion and signs of inflammation (11 [22.4%] versus 3 [6.0%], p = 0.019) were significantly more common in the COVID-19 groups than in the control group. Fetal malperfusion lesions (9 [39.1%] versus 13 [50.0%], p = 0.45) and placental inflammation (4 [17.4%] versus 7 [26.9%], p = 0.42) rates were not significantly different between the two COVID-19 groups. Chronic villitis was significantly more common when the delivery occurred >14 days after infection than in the group that delivered <14 days after infection (7 [26.9%] versus 1 [4.4%], p = 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that SARS-COV-2 induces placental lesions that evolve after disease recovery, especially with the development of inflammatory lesions, such as chronic villitis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:130

Enthalten in:

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 130(2023), 8 vom: 18. Juli, Seite 949-958

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Milot, C [VerfasserIn]
Koch, A [VerfasserIn]
Averous, G [VerfasserIn]
Mayeur, S [VerfasserIn]
Deruelle, P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case-control
Infection
Inflammation
Journal Article
Malperfusion
Pathology
Placenta
Pregnancy
SARS-CoV-2
Vascular

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.06.2023

Date Revised 05.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1471-0528.17458

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355107635