Maternal COVID-19 causing intrauterine foetal demise with microthrombotic placental insufficiency: a case report.

Olivia NonnLilli BonstinglKatja SallingerLena NeuperJulia FuchsMartin GausterBerthold HuppertzDagmar BrislingerAmin El-HeliebiHerbert FluhrEva KampelmühlerPhilipp Klaritsch

Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2023)

This case demonstrates that maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the third trimester may lead to an unfavourable outcome for the foetus due to placental fibrin deposition in maternal COVID-19 disease possibly via a thrombogenic microenvironment, even when the foetus itself is not infected.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
birth weight
coronavirus disease
sars cov
gestational age
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
stem cells
weight gain
body mass index