Intrauterine infarction of a pulmonary segment in a full-term newborn. A case report.
Intrauterine pulmonary infarction is extremely rare. In a series of 775 stillborn and newborn infants, only a few cases of acute pulmonary infarction were reported. The authors present the findings from a full-term infant who died at 9 hours of age of a chronic pulmonary infarction. Several pathogenic mechanisms, including the entry of placental thromboplastin into the fetal circulation, are discussed.
Mirkin
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Department of Pathology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
Wong
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D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*