Clinical predictive factors of histological chorioamnionitis: case-control study

INTRODUCTION: Histological chorioamnionitis or "intrauterine inflammation or infection" (Triple I) it is an acute inflammation of amniotic membrane, chorionic plate and umbilical cord. SUBJECT: To assess in the event of the clinical predictive factors associated to histological chorioamnionitis. METHODS: Prospective examination of 50 placentas from aberrant pregnancies, and 50 placentas from 'normal' deliveries. The Placentas analyzed by the conventional histopathology method, and the severity of chorioamnionitis was classified histologically according to the intensity and the topography of placental inflammation. The clinical and histopathological features of the study groups were introduced into the SPSS 13 database (License University Mohammed V-Rabat). RESULTS: 36/50 placentas of aberrant pregnancies showed a histological chorioamnionitis often associated to a funisitis, and 11/50 normal placentas have shown some lesions of histological chorioamnionitis mainly grade one without funisitis. On the other hand we noted a statistically significant association between histological chorioamnionitis and premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) over than 12h (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirmed the predominance of histological chorioamnionitis lesions in clinically suspected cases of chorioamnionitis with 72% versus 22% in the controls group. Among the clinical parameters studied, only the premature rupture of the Membranes was shown a statistically significant association with the appearance of histological signs of chorioamnionitis. In conclusion, chorioamnionitis is sometimes clinically silent. Morphological placental study could be a confirmation of this pathology, which is predominantly associated to PROM over than 12 h.