Yeon Mee Kim1, Piya Chaemsaithong2,3, Roberto Romero2,4,5, Majid Shaman2,3, Chong Jai Kim2,6, Jung-Sun Kim2,7, Faisal Qureshi2,8,9, Suzanne M Jacques2,8,9, Ahmed I Ahmed2,3, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa2,3, Sonia S Hassan2,3, Lami Yeo2,3, Steven J Korzeniewski2,3,5. 1. a Department of Pathology , Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea . 2. b Perinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH , Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI , USA . 3. c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA . 4. d Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI , USA . 5. e Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Michigan State University , East Lansing , MI , USA . 6. f Department of Pathology , University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center , Seoul , Korea . 7. g Department of Pathology , Samsung Medical Center, University of Sungkyunkwan School of Medicine , Seoul , Korea . 8. h Department of Pathology , Harper University Hospital , Detroit , MI , USA , and. 9. i Department of Pathology , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Acute atherosis is characterized by subendothelial lipid-filled foam cells, fibrinoid necrosis and perivascular lymphocytic infiltration. This lesion is generally confined to non-transformed spiral arteries and is frequently observed in patients with preeclampsia. However, the frequency of acute atherosis in the great obstetrical syndromes is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and topographic distribution of acute atherosis in placentas and placental bed biopsy samples obtained from women with normal pregnancy and those affected by the "great obstetrical syndromes". We also examined the relationship between acute atherosis and pregnancy outcome in patients with preeclampsia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of pregnant women who delivered between July 1998 and July 2014 at Hutzel Women's Hospital/Detroit Medical Center was conducted to examine 16, 345 placentas. Patients were classified into the following groups: (1) uncomplicated pregnancy; (2) spontaneous preterm labor (sPTL) and preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM); (3) preeclampsia; (4) gestational hypertension; (5) small-for-gestational age (SGA); (6) chronic hypertension; (5) fetal death; (6) spontaneous abortion and (7) others. A subset of patients had placental bed biopsy. The incidence of acute atherosis was compared among the different groups. RESULTS: (1) The prevalence of acute atherosis in uncomplicated pregnancies was 0.4% (29/6961) based upon examination of nearly 7000 placentas; (2) the frequency of acute atherosis was 10.2% (181/1779) in preeclampsia, 9% (26/292) in fetal death, 2.5% (3/120) in midtrimester spontaneous abortion, 1.7% (22/1,298) in SGA neonates and 1.2% (23/1,841) in sPTL and PPROM; (3) among patients with preeclampsia, those with acute atherosis than in those without the lesion had significantly more severe disease, earlier onset, and a greater frequency of SGA neonates (p < 0.05 all) and (4) the lesion was more frequently observed in the decidua (parietalis or basalis) than in the decidual segment of the spiral arteries in patients with placental bed biopsies. CONCLUSIONS: Acute atherosis is rare in normal pregnancy, and occurs more frequently in patients with pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, sPTL, preterm PROM, midtrimester spontaneous abortion, fetal death and SGA.
OBJECTIVE:Acute atherosis is characterized by subendothelial lipid-filled foam cells, fibrinoid necrosis and perivascular lymphocytic infiltration. This lesion is generally confined to non-transformed spiral arteries and is frequently observed in patients with preeclampsia. However, the frequency of acute atherosis in the great obstetrical syndromes is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and topographic distribution of acute atherosis in placentas and placental bed biopsy samples obtained from women with normal pregnancy and those affected by the "great obstetrical syndromes". We also examined the relationship between acute atherosis and pregnancy outcome in patients with preeclampsia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of pregnant women who delivered between July 1998 and July 2014 at Hutzel Women's Hospital/Detroit Medical Center was conducted to examine 16, 345 placentas. Patients were classified into the following groups: (1) uncomplicated pregnancy; (2) spontaneous preterm labor (sPTL) and preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM); (3) preeclampsia; (4) gestational hypertension; (5) small-for-gestational age (SGA); (6) chronic hypertension; (5) fetal death; (6) spontaneous abortion and (7) others. A subset of patients had placental bed biopsy. The incidence of acute atherosis was compared among the different groups. RESULTS: (1) The prevalence of acute atherosis in uncomplicated pregnancies was 0.4% (29/6961) based upon examination of nearly 7000 placentas; (2) the frequency of acute atherosis was 10.2% (181/1779) in preeclampsia, 9% (26/292) in fetal death, 2.5% (3/120) in midtrimester spontaneous abortion, 1.7% (22/1,298) in SGA neonates and 1.2% (23/1,841) in sPTL and PPROM; (3) among patients with preeclampsia, those with acute atherosis than in those without the lesion had significantly more severe disease, earlier onset, and a greater frequency of SGA neonates (p < 0.05 all) and (4) the lesion was more frequently observed in the decidua (parietalis or basalis) than in the decidual segment of the spiral arteries in patients with placental bed biopsies. CONCLUSIONS:Acute atherosis is rare in normal pregnancy, and occurs more frequently in patients with pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, sPTL, preterm PROM, midtrimester spontaneous abortion, fetal death and SGA.
Authors: Baha Sibai; Roberto Romero; Mark A Klebanoff; Madeline Murguia Rice; Steve Caritis; Marshall D Lindheimer; J Peter Van Dorsten; Mark Landon; Menachem Miodovnik; Mitchell Dombrowski; Paul Meis Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol Date: 2009-06 Impact factor: 8.661
Authors: Carlos A Labarrere; Hector L DiCarlo; Elaine Bammerlin; James W Hardin; Yeon M Kim; Piya Chaemsaithong; David M Haas; Ghassan S Kassab; Roberto Romero Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol Date: 2016-12-27 Impact factor: 8.661