Open AccessPlacental Haemangiomatosis and Severe Maternal Eclampsia
Author(s) -
Seppälä Markku,
Saksela Eero
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347109157345
Subject(s) - medicine , eclampsia , placenta , autopsy , pregnancy , obstetrics , malignancy , lesion , caesarean section , gestation , pneumonia , gynecology , fetus , surgery , pathology , genetics , biology
A case report is presented of an association of diffuse placental haemangiomatosis with severe maternal eclampsia. Eclampsia occurred at the 35th week of an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy in a 20‐year old previously healthy woman. An 1800 g dysmature boy was born by caesarean section, and died in 12 hours from an apparent Klebsiella pneumonia. No organic malformations were found at autopsy. The placenta weighed 420 g an J contained, on microscopic examination, a characteristic diffuse placental haemangiomatosis without signs of infection or malignancy. The possible role of the placental lesion in relation to the acute eclamptic period is considered briefly.