Recurrent placental massive perivillous fibrin deposition associated with polymyositis: a case report and review of the literature

Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2008 May-Jun;11(3):226-9. doi: 10.2350/07-06-0306.1. Epub 2007 Aug 28.

Abstract

We present a case of recurrent massive perivillous fibrin deposition (MPVFD) in a patient with polymyositis (PM). Massive perivillous fibrin deposition occurred in 2 consecutive pregnancies: the 1st ended in an intrauterine death at 34 weeks of gestation, while the 2nd pregnancy resulted in a live-born baby at 32 weeks of gestation. The association between MPVFD and PM has been rarely reported in the literature in the form of case reports of single pregnancies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Chorionic Villi / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fetal Death
  • Fibrin / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Placenta Diseases / pathology*
  • Polymyositis / complications*
  • Polymyositis / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / pathology*
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Fibrin