Melanie Bourgeau, MD(@MELanocyteMD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Given last week's & my struggles, here's a quick !
🦠Acute chorioamnionitis🦠
✏ Stage:
1️⃣ = Chorion
2️⃣ = Chorion + amnion
3️⃣ = 2️⃣ + necrosis
✏ Grade:
1️⃣ = not 2️⃣
2️⃣ = 3+ chorion microabscesses, or PMNs in >50% or 1 membrane roll*

Given last week's #pathcast & my #placentapath struggles, here's a quick #pathtweetorial!
🦠Acute chorioamnionitis🦠
✏ Stage:
1️⃣ = Chorion 
2️⃣ =  Chorion + amnion
3️⃣ = 2️⃣ + necrosis
✏ Grade:
1️⃣ = not 2️⃣
2️⃣ = 3+ chorion microabscesses, or PMNs in >50% or 1 membrane roll*
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Charles Herndon(@DrCycloPath) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Which of the following is evidence of fetal vascular malperfusion?
A) Decidual arteriopathy
B) Distal villous hypoplasia
C) Hypertensive infarct
D) Villous stromal-vascular karyorrhexis
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Which of the following is evidence of fetal vascular malperfusion?
A) Decidual arteriopathy
B) Distal villous hypoplasia
C) Hypertensive infarct
D) Villous stromal-vascular karyorrhexis
#PlacentaPath #Placenta #PediPath #PathTwitter #PathResidents
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Daniel Levitan(@levitan_daniel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is a section of umbilical cord showing one of the umbilical arteries. Who knows what's going on? What cells are represented by A, B, and C? Classic example.

This is a section of umbilical cord showing one of the umbilical arteries. Who knows what's going on? What cells are represented by A, B, and C? Classic example. #pedipath #placentapath #placentabuddies
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Zehra Ordulu Sahin ☀️(@mzehraordulu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Distal villous hypoplasia and accelarated villous maturation: Both features of maternal vascular malperfusion in the setting of placental hypoplasia. CompareandContrast Quiz

Distal villous hypoplasia and accelarated villous maturation: Both features of maternal vascular malperfusion in the setting of placental hypoplasia. #AmsterdamCriteria #ObPathCompareandContrast #ObPathQuiz #ObPath #PediPath #PlacentaPath
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Filip Sokol(@SokolFilip) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amnion reactive changes associated with meconium exposure: vacuolation and pseudostratification of amnionic epithelium, meconium containing macrophages

Amnion reactive changes associated with meconium exposure: vacuolation and pseudostratification of amnionic epithelium, meconium containing macrophages #PlacentaPath #gynpath #pathology
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Mireille Bitar, M.D.(@bitar_mireille) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Striking example of Hypercoiled umbilical cord (= or >4 coils/ 10 cm). This can cause stasis/ obstruction of umbilical blood flow and lead to fetal vascular malperfusion path

Striking example of Hypercoiled umbilical cord (= or >4 coils/ 10 cm). This can cause stasis/ obstruction of umbilical blood flow and lead to fetal vascular malperfusion #placentapath #perinatalpath #pedpath #neonatology #placenta #PathTwitter
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