title: Recurrent placental massive perivillous fibrin deposition associated with polymyositis: a case report and review of the literature.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom, E1 1BB. madnani8@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mudher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Adnani
authors.forename: Liina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kiho
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scheimberg
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005337:Fibrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005337:Fibrin