Placental Ultrasonographical Findings during SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Sotirios Sotiriou; Athina A Samara; Iokasti-Apostolia Tsiamalou; Christos Donoudis; Eleni Seviloglou; Chara Skentou; Antonios Garas; Alexandros Daponte

doi:10.3390/diagnostics12040974

Placental Ultrasonographical Findings during SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Apr 13;12(4):974. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12040974.

Authors

Sotirios Sotiriou¹, Athina A Samara^{1

2}, Iokasti-Apostolia Tsiamalou², Christos Donoudis², Eleni Seviloglou², Chara Skentou¹, Antonios Garas², Alexandros Daponte²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Larissa, 41110 Larissa, Greece.

Abstract

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) during pregnancy has been associated with several complications. Increasing evidence suggests that COVID-19 infection leaves tell-tale signs of placental injury. During ultrasound examination and placental evaluation of COVID-19 infected pregnancies, we recorded signs of placental involvement, with findings indicating malperfusion, chorangiosis, deciduitis, and subchorionitis. Early detection of placental damage through the use of specific ultrasound findings could indicate which pregnancies are at increased risk for complications.

Keywords: COVID-19; malperfusion; placenta; pregnancy; ultrasound.