Viral placentitis - a case report

A case of viral placentitis, in a 20 year-old pregnant woman suffering from chronic glomerulonephritis, was presented. In light microscopic findings of the placenta, many necrotic foci with intranuclear inclusion - bearing cells revealed in chorionic villi and by electron microscopy numerous immature and mature virus particles, probably herpes simplex were proved in intranuclear inclusion-bearing cells.