TY - JOUR
TI - Stripped fetal vessel sign: a novel pathological feature of abnormal fetal vasculature in placenta accreta spectrum disorders with MRI correlates
AU - Konstantinidou, A.E.
AU - Bourgioti, C.
AU - Fotopoulos, S.
AU - Souka, E.
AU - Nikolaidou, M.E.
AU - Zafeiropoulou, K.
AU - Moulopoulos, L.A.
JO - Placenta
PY - 2019
VL - 85
TODO - null
SP - 74-77
PB - W.B. Saunders Ltd
SN - 0143-4004
TODO - 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.07.005
TODO - adult;  Article;  cardiovascular malformation;  cesarean section;  chorion villus;  clinical article;  female;  gestational age;  histopathology;  human;  human tissue;  hysterectomy;  microscopy;  nuclear magnetic resonance imaging;  placenta accreta;  prenatal diagnosis;  priority journal;  prospective study;  stripped fetal vessel sign;  diagnostic imaging;  middle aged;  pathology;  placenta;  placenta accreta;  pregnancy, Adult;  Female;  Humans;  Magnetic Resonance Imaging;  Middle Aged;  Placenta;  Placenta Accreta;  Pregnancy;  Prospective Studies
TODO - Abnormal intraplacental hypervascularity is a well-known MRI feature of Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS), but the precise nature of these vessels has not yet been specified. Histopathological examination of eleven PAS-hysterectomy specimens and subsequent review of the corresponding MRIs, revealed the presence of large fetal vascular trunks extending deep towards the placental periphery and demonstrating deficient branching along their course (‘stripped-fetal-vessel’ sign). To our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the pattern of abnormal fetal vasculature in correlation with MRI in PAS. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
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