TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterotopic Adipose Tissue in the Placental Parenchyma
T2 - Case Report
AU - Ospina-Serrano, Johann Sebastián
AU - Salazar-Vargas, Ana Janeth
AU - Olaya-C, Mercedes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Objective. Reports of heterotopic tissue in the placenta are few and mainly include liver and adrenal cells. We report on adipose tissue found in the placenta. Case report. We present the case of a microscopic finding in a 25-year-old’s placenta who suffered from hypertensive disorder in pregnancy. During routine microscopic study, we observed a heterotopic, benign, circumscribed and intervillous nodule of adipose tissue. Conclusion. To our knowledge, there is no other reported case of adipocytes among chorionic villi. Why foreign tissues show up in the placenta remains unknown; however, several new theories offer explanations.
AB - Objective. Reports of heterotopic tissue in the placenta are few and mainly include liver and adrenal cells. We report on adipose tissue found in the placenta. Case report. We present the case of a microscopic finding in a 25-year-old’s placenta who suffered from hypertensive disorder in pregnancy. During routine microscopic study, we observed a heterotopic, benign, circumscribed and intervillous nodule of adipose tissue. Conclusion. To our knowledge, there is no other reported case of adipocytes among chorionic villi. Why foreign tissues show up in the placenta remains unknown; however, several new theories offer explanations.
KW - adrenocortical
KW - choristoma
KW - differential diagnosis
KW - heterotopia
KW - placenta
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U2 - 10.1177/10668969211055803
DO - 10.1177/10668969211055803
M3 - Article
C2 - 34761696
AN - SCOPUS:85119009845
SN - 1066-8969
VL - 30
SP - 419
EP - 421
JO - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
IS - 4
ER -