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Single Umbilical Artery Umbilical Cord Is Associated With High-Grade Distal Fetal Vascular Malperfusion.
PURPOSE AND CONTEXT: Umbilical cord abnormalities with clinical signs of cord compromise are frequently associated with fetal vascular malperfusion (FVM). Single umbilical artery (SUA) has been reported to be associated with high-grade FVM in fetal growth restriction but not in an unselected population; our study aimed to address this issue.
METHODS: Clinical and placental phenotypes of 55 consecutive placentas with SUA (Group 1) were compared with those of 655 placentas with 3-vessel umbilical cord (Group 2) from patients who were in the second half of their pregnancy. The placentas were histologically examined using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and CD 34 immunostaining.
KEY RESULTS: Several umbilical cord phenotypes and high-grade distal FVM, based on H&E staining and endothelial fragmentation by CD34 were significantly more common in Group 1, whereas decidual clusters of multinucleate trophoblasts were more common in Group 2. Notably, H&E staining or CD34 immunostaining evaluated separately showed that high-grade distal FVM was more common in Group 1 than in Group 2, but the difference was not statistically significant.
CONCLUSIONS: SUA predisposes to remote, advanced, and recent high-grade distal villous FVM, with a pathogenesis partly different from that of stasis-induced FVM, likely related to fetal anomalies associated with SUA.
METHODS: Clinical and placental phenotypes of 55 consecutive placentas with SUA (Group 1) were compared with those of 655 placentas with 3-vessel umbilical cord (Group 2) from patients who were in the second half of their pregnancy. The placentas were histologically examined using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and CD 34 immunostaining.
KEY RESULTS: Several umbilical cord phenotypes and high-grade distal FVM, based on H&E staining and endothelial fragmentation by CD34 were significantly more common in Group 1, whereas decidual clusters of multinucleate trophoblasts were more common in Group 2. Notably, H&E staining or CD34 immunostaining evaluated separately showed that high-grade distal FVM was more common in Group 1 than in Group 2, but the difference was not statistically significant.
CONCLUSIONS: SUA predisposes to remote, advanced, and recent high-grade distal villous FVM, with a pathogenesis partly different from that of stasis-induced FVM, likely related to fetal anomalies associated with SUA.
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