Case Reports Surgical Pathology 2022 Exercise 4: Placental Fetal Vascular Malperfusion: A Review

Authors

Evelyn T. Bruner, MD

Laura Simmons Spruill, MD, PhD

Department of Pathology

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Lauren J. Ray, MD

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Campus

Charleston, South Carolina

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

·       recognize the recently updated terminology of fetal vascular malperfusion (FVM);

·       histologically evaluate placental pathologic changes attributable to FVM and grade them appropriately;

·       differentiate FVM from its primary differential diagnoses; and

·       identify the adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes associated with FVM.