Maternal floor infarction maternal floor infarction abbreviated mfi is a pathology of the placenta.
Maternal floor infarction cause.
The term infarction is a misnomer because true placental infarcts result from arterial occlusion and ischemic necrosis of the villi.
It is formally known as placental maternal floor infarction.
A rare cause of sudden intrauterine fetal demise 1.
Infant low birth weight.
Fetal growth retardation etiology fibrosis.
Recurrent maternal floor infarction.
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Maternal floor infarction mfi and massive perivillous fibrin deposition mpvfd are pathologically overlapping placental disorders with characteristic gross and shared light microscopic features of excessive perivillous deposition of fibrinoid material.
Sir maternal floor infarction mfi is an uncommon placental lesion associated with stillbirth and intrauterine growth retardation with an apparent high rate of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies.
An unusual cause of intrauterine growth retardation.
A preventable cause of fetal death.
Introduction maternal floor infarction is a rare placental lesion in which large amounts of fibrin are deposited along the basal plate which becomes avascular and sclerotic.
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It is also known as massive perivillous fibrin deposition.
The disease is characterized by extensive fibrin deposition in the intervillous spaces.
1 3 the condition has been infrequently discussed in the obstetric or pathology literature and essentially no information is available in pediatric or genetic journals.
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The enveloped villi become atrophic and avascular.