Table 3 Significant biopsy and block histology findings in infective deaths
ID | Age group (Cause of death) | CT-guided biopsy | Block histology | Placenta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Infant (Sepsis, Kawasaki disease) | Heart: myocarditis/Liver: ICIs | Pancarditis/ICIs | N/A |
6 | Infant (Sepsis) | Lung: pneumonia | Necrotizing pneumonia | Distal villous hypoplasia |
7 | Infant (Sepsis) | Lung: ICIs/Liver: ICIs | Haemorrhagic oedema/ICIs | N/A |
9 | Infant (Sepsis) | Lung: alveolar haemorrhages Colon: ischemic colitis | Alveolar haemorrhages NEC | N/A |
13 | Infant (Sepsis) | Lung: ICIs and alveolar haemorrhages | Congestion | N/A |
14 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
24 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
30 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
31 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
38 | Infant (Encephalitis) | Brain: not adequate for comment | Encephalitis | No placental examination |
42 | Foetus (CMV infection) | Heart: owl’s-eye cells Liver: cytomegalic cells | Intranuclear and Intracytoplasmic inclusions | Placental hydrops with CMV inclusions |
66 | Infant (NEC, Sepsis) | Colon: NEC with purulent peritonitis | NEC with purulent peritonitis | Chorioamnionitis |
72 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
75 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | Normal | Chorioamnionitis |
78 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
84 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | Normal | Chorioamnionitis |
93 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
101 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | Normal | Chorioamnionitis |
102 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |
103 | Foetus (IAI) | Lung: ICIs | ICIs | Chorioamnionitis |