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. 2017 May 25;13(5):e1006378. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006378

Fig 7. Maternal and fetal histopathology analyses: hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of selected tissues.

Fig 7

Maternal spleen, 660875: increased neutrophils (arrows) throughout splenic sinusoids. Maternal decidua, 827577: multifocal stromal, intravascular, and perivascular inflammation (arrows). Placenta, 660875: moderate multifocal necrosis and loss of trophoblastic epithelium (+) with viable and degenerative neutrophils (arrows) between villi (*) and throughout the intervillous space. Amniotic membrane, 598248: scattered neutrophils (arrows) within the amniotic basement membrane and underlying perivascular stroma. Umbilical cord, 660875: segmental thrombosis (*) with entrapped neutrophils (arrows). Fetal lung, 660875: fetal squamous cells (*) and neutrophils (arrows) admixed with fibrin within alveolar spaces. Scale bar = 50μm.