Spontaneous intra-uterine total rupture of a velamentous umbilical cord; a case report.
A case of spontaneous intra-uterine total rupture of a velamentous umbilical cord is reported. Shortly after delivery of an exsanguinated stillborn, a completely separated cord was spontaneously delivered. At its insertion the umbilical cord was velamentous, and it consisted of only three vessels at the site of rupture.
Vestermark
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Department of Surgery, Dybendal Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark.
Christensen
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Kay
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Windfeldt
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000473:pathology*