Case 220. CMV villitis (25 y-o F)

       
  Placental tissue artifically aborted at the 20th week of gestation, accompanying high CMV antibody titer in mother and a microcephalic baby (465 g)  
       

 

  Cytomegalic inclusion bodies are seen in the nuclei of Hofbauer cells in the placental villi (HE). Fetal infection of CMV was confirmed by autopsy.