placentitis
Sign in to savethumb|Histopathology of acute subchorionic intervillositis, with neutrophils in Langhan’s layer of fibrinoid (by the fetal surface, at the base of a chorionic villus, seen at top right). Placentitis is an inflammation of the placenta. The main forms of placentitis are: Villitis, inflammation of chorionic villi. Intervillositis, inflammation of the intervillous space.
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- Villitis of unknown etiology
- Chronic histiocytic intervillositis
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thumb|Histopathology of acute subchorionic intervillositis, with neutrophils in Langhan’s layer of fibrinoid (by the fetal surface, at the base of a chorionic villus, seen at top right). Placentitis is an inflammation of the placenta. The main forms of placentitis are: Villitis, inflammation of chorionic villi. Intervillositis, inflammation of the intervillous space.
It may be caused by vertically transmitted infections.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “placentitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.