The giant umbilical cord

Wildhaber, Barbara; Antonelli, Eric; Pfister, Riccardo

doi:10.1136/adc.2005.076380

Scientific article

Case report

English

The giant umbilical cord

ContributorsWildhaber, Barbara; Antonelli, Eric; Pfister, Riccardo

Published inArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, vol. 90, no. 6, p. F535-536

Publication date2005

Abstract

The giant umbilical cord is a rare malformation of the umbilical cord that can easily be diagnosed on prenatal scans and is unmistakable postnatally. We report a case to highlight issues of this rare finding. Visual diagnosis is easy and surgical repair is usually required.

Keywords

Female
Humans
Male
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Umbilical Cord/abnormalities/ultrasonography
Urachus/abnormalities

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Citation (ISO format)

WILDHABER, Barbara, ANTONELLI, Eric, PFISTER, Riccardo. The giant umbilical cord. In: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 2005, vol. 90, n° 6, p. F535–536. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.076380

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:46626
DOI : 10.1136/adc.2005.076380
PMID : 16244216

Journal ISSN1359-2998

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The giant umbilical cord

The giant umbilical cord is a rare malformation of the umbilical cord that can easily be diagnosed on prenatal scans and is unmistakable postnatally. We report a case to highlight issues of this rare finding. Visual diagnosis is easy and surgical repair is usually required.

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