Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 related placentitis shows distinctive histological characteristics and its impact on perinatal outcomes is increasingly coming under scrutiny. We present two such cases in the third trimester, following mild maternal clinical symptoms and associated with maternal coagulopathy, reduced fetal movements and non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracing. Both cases resulted in emergency cesarean deliveries. Our cases and a review of the literature highlight that SARS-CoV-2 undermines placental function and thus greatly impacts late-term pregnancies, even in the absence of severe systemic disease.w

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