The importance of placental examination in newborns with single umbilical artery.
Examination of placentas from newborns with single umbilical artery (SUA) can furnish valuable data to Perinatologists. Thus, 33.3% of the SUA newborns with gross macroscopic alterations of the placenta were malformed. In the other hand, 75% of the malformed SUA newborns had gross placental alterations. It is pointed out the importance of examination of the placenta, even at unaided eye, as a tool to prevent the Perinatologist in search of probable malformations (both apparent or occult).
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*