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Prenatal diagnosis of umbilical artery thrombosis
- Source :
- Fetal diagnosis and therapy. 35(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Umbilical artery thrombosis (UAT) is rare and few prenatally diagnosed cases have been reported. We describe 2 cases of fetal growth restriction prenatally diagnosed as UAT by ultrasound examination. In each case the cross section of the umbilical cord showed one normal artery and a small echogenic area which was suspected as an occluded thrombotic artery and they were surrounded by a highly curving ‘C-shaped' vein. UAT was confirmed by histological examinations after deliveries in both cases. The characteristic ultrasound finding of the umbilical vessel, which is the so-called ‘orange grabbed sign', enables the prenatal diagnosis of UAT and it is valuable with respect to perinatal fetal management because UAT is associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality.
- Subjects :
- Embryology
medicine.medical_specialty
Prenatal diagnosis
Umbilical cord
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Umbilical Arteries
Pregnancy
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Fetus
Fetal Growth Retardation
business.industry
Obstetrics
Ultrasound
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Umbilical artery
Thrombosis
General Medicine
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Regional Blood Flow
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
Artery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14219964
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fetal diagnosis and therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....04c7c92f00359646d312bb125213cee0