Discordant Eosinophilic/T-Cell Chorionic Vasculitis in a Dichorionic Diamniotic Placenta.
Int J Mol Sci
; 24(11)2023 May 24.
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ABSTRACT
Eosinophilic/T-cell chorionic vasculitis (ETCV) is an idiopathic lesion composed of eosinophils, CD3+ T lymphocytes, and histiocytes. In twins, ETCV may affect only one chorionic plate, a feature defined as "discordant". We present a case of ETCV discordance in a diamniotic dichorionic placenta at 38 weeks of gestation, in which the female twin was small for gestational age, weighing 2670 g (25th percentile). The corresponding placental territory presented ETCV in two close chorionic vessels with concordance of the fetal inflammatory response. Immunohistochemistry showed an abundance of CD3+/CD4+/CD25+T lymphocytes, CD68 PG M1+ macrophages, and scattered CD8+ T cells with focal TIA-1 positivity. Granzyme B, CD20 B lymphocytes, and CD56 natural killer cells were negative. High-grade villitis of unknown etiology (VUE) was additionally found and displayed comparable ETCV findings, except for an equivalent ratio of CD4+/CD8+ T cells, but TIA-1 was focally expressed. VUE was associated with chronic histiocytic intervillositis (CHI). The combination of ETCV, VUE, and CHI may have been responsible for reduced fetal growth. Concordance was observed in the ETCV and TIA-1 expression, both in ETCV and in VUE, which is a maternal response. These findings may suggest a common antigen or chemokine pathway to which both mother and fetus accordingly responded.
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Doenças Placentárias
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Vasculite
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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En
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Int J Mol Sci
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Itália