Maternal floor infarction in autoimmune disease: two cases

R W Bendon; A B Hommel

Maternal floor infarction in autoimmune disease: two cases

Pediatr Pathol Lab Med. 1996 Mar-Apr;16(2):293-7.

Authors

R W Bendon¹, A B Hommel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY 40232-5070, USA.

PMID: 9025835

Abstract

Two cases of maternal floor infarction in women with autoimmune antibody production to various antigens are presented. We speculate that maternal floor infarction could be produced by antibodies directed against the placental urokinase plasmin system.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / immunology
Autoimmune Diseases / pathology*
Female
Fetal Death
Gestational Age
Humans
Infarction / pathology*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
Placenta / blood supply*
Placenta / pathology*
Pregnancy

Substances

Autoantibodies