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Article: Fetal death due to umbilical cord hematoma: A rare complication of umbilical cord cyst
- Article from:
- Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright CRC Press Dec 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
We report two cases of an umbilical cord cystic mass detected by sonography in otherwise structurally normal second-trimester fetuses, which were later complicated by a cord hematoma and fetal death.
Keywords: Fetal death, prenatal sonography, prenatal diagnosis, umbilical cord cyst, umbilical cord hematoma
Introduction
Umbilical cord cystic masses are rare prenatal sonographic findings [1]. Those found in the first trimester of pregnancy often disappear and have no clinical significance [2,3]. In contrast, cysts detected in the second or third trimesters are strongly associated with aneuploidy and fetal congenital anomalies [4,5]. Consequently, the sonographic detection of an ...