Anatomopathological characterization of placentas from HIV+ patients associated with p24 expression

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Consuelo Lozoya López²  Andréa Rodrigues Cordovil Pires¹  Eliene Carvalho De Fonseca¹  Fabiana Resende Rodrigues¹  Antônio Rodrigues Braga Neto¹  Gesmar Volga Haddad Herdy¹  Flávio Augusto Prado Vasques¹  Vania Gloria Silami Lopes¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal Fluminense

关键词: placenta;    pathologic exam;    HIV;    immunohistochemistry;    p24;    placenta;    exame anatomopatológico;    HIV;    imuno-histoquímica;    p24;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1676-24442013000600010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: The study of placentas from pregnant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive women has become the subject of numerous studies in the literature. Morphological, viral, immune and inflammatory placental aspects have been analyzed in order to grasp the vertical transmission of the virus. OBJECTIVE: To identify the most frequent findings in the placentas by associating them with a viral antigen and correlating them with the infection of newborns. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-five placentas from HIV- positive pregnant women were pathologically and immunohistochemically analyzed with the use of p24 antibody in the period from 1992 to1997 in accordance with the routine laboratory testing from the Anatomopathological Department - Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro - Universidade Federal Fluminense (APD/HUAP/UFF). RESULTS: The microscopic alterations detected in all cases, including those with vertical transmission, were arteriopathy in the fetal blood circulation, chorioamnionitis, perivillous fibrin deposition, syncytial knotting, villous edema and villous immaturity. No specific macroscopic or histopathological changes were found in these placentas. The neonatal infection was observed in five cases. Vertical transmission was identified in two out of five placentas that had low weight for the respective stage of pregnancy. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed 14 positive cases, two of which showed vertical transmission. The viral protein was not identified in 10 out of 14 placentas from patients who had been medicated with zidovudine (AZT). CONCLUSION: Our study has contributed to the anatomopathological investigation into placentas from HIV-positive patients, although p24 expression per se did not allow a definite and early diagnosis of the vertical transmission.

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