Hemangioma of the umbilical cord: report of a case.
A 31-year-old woman with a large placental tumor underwent a caesarean section. After delivery, the lesion, detected by ultrasound examination, was found to originate from the umbilical cord. A live female infant with cyanosis, hypotonia and diffuse edema was delivered. A review of the literature, which revealed 31 cases of umbilical cord hemangioma, showed that this tumor has a polymorphous presentation. Some fetuses and infants died from various causes, indicating that a close follow-up is necessary in these pregnancies
Caldarella
Adele
A
Dipartimento di Patologia Umana e Oncologia-Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
Buccoliero
Anna Maria
AM
Taddei
Antonio
A
Savino
Luciano
L
Taddei
Gian Luigi
GL
D000328:Adult; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000473:pathology*