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. 2020 Jul 25;99:45–49. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2020.07.022

Table 1.

Placental pathology in COVID-19 positive mothers.

Study N GA COVID-19 Histological findings
FVM Other findings
1 Mulvey et al. [7] 5 38w–40w 0 Thrombosis,
Intrauterine fibrin deposition,
Villous stromal-vascular karyorrhexis
Focal increase in perivillous fibrin chorangiosis, Meconium
2 Bargen et al. [8] 20 33w–40w 0 Thrombosis,
Intrauterine fibrin deposition,
Villous stromal-vascular karyorrhexis,
Focal increase in fibrin,
Intervillous thrombus, Focal chorangiosis
Meconium, Maternal vascular malperfusion
3 Shanes et al. [9] 16 33w–40w 0 Fetal vessel-mural fibrin,
Clustered avascular villi, Delayed villous maturation, Chorangiosis
Maternal vascular malperfusion
16w(IUFD) Villous edema, Retroplacental hematoma

N, total number of placentas; GA, weeks of gestation; COVID-19, number of COVID-19-positive neonates; FVM, fetal vascular malperfusion.