One long umbilical cord, four nuchal cord loops and a true knot
| Autor: | Reine A. Zbeidy, Fouad G. Souki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Amniotic fluid Images In… Pregnancy High-Risk Decreased fetal movement Chorioamnionitis Umbilical cord Ultrasonography Prenatal Long umbilical cord Nuchal Cord Umbilical Cord 03 medical and health sciences Fetal Heart 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Funisitis medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Fetus Fetal Growth Retardation 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Cesarean Section Obstetrics business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine medicine.disease Pregnancy Complications medicine.anatomical_structure Apgar Score Premature Birth Female business Nuchal cord |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Reports. :bcr-2017 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 43-year-old woman G4 P2101 at 36 weeks of gestation presented to the labour floor with non-reactive fetal heart tracing and decreased fetal movement. She had a second-trimester ultrasound showing intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Patient had a history of hypothyroidism, two fetal demises at term and a planned preterm delivery at 34 weeks of gestation via caesarean section. Workup was negative for thrombophilia (lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin, anti-b2-glycoprotein, factor V Leiden, protein S, protein C, G20210 mutation, antithrombin III, antinuclear antibodies) and infectious diseases. Placental pathology following her second fetal demise revealed chorioamnionitis and necrotising funisitis with negative amniotic fluid cultures. There was no information regarding umbilical cord (UC) length or entanglements in previous pregnancies. Given her … |
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