Open AccessVIRAL PLACENTITIS ‐ A CASE REPORT ‐
Author(s) -
Saito Kiyoko,
Koizumi Fumitomo,
Sumiyoshi Yuichi
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1977.tb01876.x
Subject(s) - inclusion bodies , pathology , chorionic villi , placenta , herpes simplex virus , electron microscope , virus , medicine , biology , virology , fetus , pregnancy , biochemistry , genetics , physics , escherichia coli , optics , gene
A case of viral placentitis, In a 20 year‐old pregnant woman suffering from chronic glomerulonephritis, was presented. In light microscopic findings of the placenta, many necrotic foci with intranuclear Inclusion‐ bearing cells revealed in chorionic villi and by electron microscopy numerous immature and mature virus particles, probably herpes simplex were proved in intranuclear inclusion‐bearing cells.