Fetal death due to umbilical cord hematoma: a rare complication of umbilical cord cyst

Waldo Sepulveda; Amy E Wong; Ruben Gonzalez; Patricio Vasquez; Jorge Gutierrez

doi:10.1080/14767050500277602

Fetal death due to umbilical cord hematoma: a rare complication of umbilical cord cyst

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2005 Dec;18(6):387-90. doi: 10.1080/14767050500277602.

Authors

Waldo Sepulveda¹, Amy E Wong, Ruben Gonzalez, Patricio Vasquez, Jorge Gutierrez

Affiliation

¹ Fetal Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. [email protected]

PMID: 16390804
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500277602

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fetal Death / etiology*
Hematoma / complications*
Hematoma / diagnosis
Hematoma / etiology
Humans
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Prenatal Diagnosis
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Umbilical Cord / blood supply
Umbilical Cord / pathology*
Urachal Cyst / complications*
Urachal Cyst / diagnostic imaging