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Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis

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Chronic histiocytic intervillositis (CHIV) is a rare inflammatory condition that is associated with a poor perinatal outcome, including fetal growth restriction and perinatal loss. It may recur in subsequent pregnancies. Recognition of CHIV by pathologists, and explanation of the significance of this finding to clinicians, is important in patient care.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Eoghan E. Mooney

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  1. Department of Anatomical Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia

    T. Yee Khong

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Eoghan E. Mooney

  3. Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Peter G. J. Nikkels

  4. Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Terry K. Morgan

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Sanne J. Gordijn

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Mooney, E.E. (2019). Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis. In: Khong, T., Mooney, E., Nikkels, P., Morgan, T., Gordijn, S. (eds) Pathology of the Placenta. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97214-5_30

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