[Congenital cytomegalic inclusion disease--clinico-anatomical characteristics]

Analysis of labor histories, case histories, and autopsy records over a decade, 1980-1990, has revealed 32 cases of cytomegalic inclusion disease in children. Eleven placentas of seropositive mothers were histologically examined. The findings evidence that cytomegaloviral infection was mostly combined with other bacterial and viral diseases. The central nervous system, kidneys, and lungs were the most sensitive to the virus effects. The DIC syndrome was present in all the cases.