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SUBMITTER: Marinho PS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415358 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marinho Penélope Saldanha PS da Cunha Antonio José Ledo Alves AJLA Chimelli Leila L Avvad-Portari Elyzabeth E Andreiuolo Felipe da Matta FDM de Oliveira-Szejnfeld Patrícia Soares PS Mendes Mayara Abud MA Gomes Ismael Carlos IC Souza Letícia Rocha Q LRQ Guimarães Marilia Zaluar MZ Goldman Suzan Menasce SM de Oliveira Mariana Barros Genuíno MBG Rehen Stevens S Amim Joffre J Tovar-Moll Fernanda F Prata-Barbosa Arnaldo A
Frontiers in medicine 20210816
SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is not usually associated with significant adverse effects. However, in this study, we report a fetal death associated with mild COVID-19 in a 34-week-pregnant woman. The virus was detected in the placenta and in an unprecedented way in several fetal tissues. Placental abnormalities (MRI and anatomopathological study) were consistent with intense vascular malperfusion, probably the cause of fetal death. Lung histopathology also showed signs of inflammation, ...[more]