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

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e225345. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5345.

Authors

Anh Huynh¹, Jennifer K Sehn², Ilona Telefus Goldfarb³, Jaclyn Watkins¹, Vanda Torous¹, Amy Heerema-McKenney⁴, Drucilla J Roberts¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Department of Pathology, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
³ Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Abstract

This cases series examines SARS-CoV-2 placentitis and intraparenchymal thrombohematomas among COVID-19 infections during pregnancy.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / virology
Female
Hematoma / pathology
Hematoma / virology*
Humans
Male
Placenta Diseases / pathology
Placenta Diseases / virology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / pathology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Stillbirth
Thrombosis / pathology
Thrombosis / virology*

Supplementary concepts

SARS-CoV-2 variants