Four-dimensional and Doppler sonography in the diagnosis and surveillance of a true cord knot.
Prenatal diagnosis of a true knot of the umbilical cord is often an incidental observation at ultrasound with a difficult differential diagnosis between true and false knots. Furthermore, little is known about the optimal management of these cases. We report the importance of color Doppler and four-dimensional ultrasound for the differential diagnosis in the case of true cord knot and the role of Doppler flow velocimetry in the management of that case.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria General Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy. marcoscioscia@gmail.com
Marco
M
Scioscia
Mariangela
M
Fornalè
Francesco
F
Bruni
Daniela
D
Peretti
Giamberto
G
Trivella
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D011247:Pregnancy; D012212:Rheology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*